Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings

by Mohandas Gandhi , Edited by Anthony J. Parel

• ISBN13: 9780521574051
• ISBN10: 0521574056
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Hind Swaraj is Mahatma Gandhi's fundamental work. It is a key to understanding not only his life and thought but also the politics of South Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. For the first time this volume presents the 1910 text of Hind Swaraj and includes Gandhi's own Preface and Foreword (not found in other editions) and annotations by the editor. In his Introduction, Anthony Parel sets the work in its historical and political contexts. He analyses the significance of Gandhi's experiences in England and South Africa, and examines the intellectual cross-currents from East and West that affected the formation of the mind and character of one of the twentieth century's truly outstanding figures. The second part of the volume contains some of Gandhi's other writings, including his correspondence with Tolstoy, Nehru and others. Short bibliographical synopses of prominent figures mentioned in the text and a chronology of important events are also included as aids to the reader.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xi	(2)
Editor's introduction	xiii	(50)
A note on the history of the text	lxiii	(2)
Principal events in Gandhi's life	lxv	(4)
Biographical synopses	lxix	(6)
Guide to further reading	lxxv	(1)
Glossary and list of abbreviations	lxxvi
HIND SWARAJ	1	(126)
SUPPLEMENTARY WRITINGS	127	(67)
Gandhi's letter to H.S.L.Polak	129	(4)
Gandhi's letter to Lord Ampthill	133	(3)
Preface to Gandhi's edition of the English translation of Leo Tolstoy's Letter to a Hindoo	136	(2)
Gandhi-Tolstoy letters	138	(1)
Gandhi-Wybergh letters	139	(10)
Gandhi-Nehru letters	149	(7)
Economic development and moral development (1916)	156	(8)
Gandhi on machinery, 1919-47	164	(6)
Constructive programme:its meaning and place (1941), 1945	170	(11)
Gandhi's `Quit India' speech, 1942	181	(7)
Gandhi's message to the nation issued before his arrest on 9 August 1942	188	(1)
Gandhi's political vision: the Pyramid vs the Oceanic Circle (1946)	188	(3)
Draft Constitution of Congress, 1948	191	(3)
Bibliography	194	(6)
Index	200