Gandhi's Experiments with Truth

Essential Writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi

Buch | Softcover

408 Seiten

2005
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1143-7 (ISBN)

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This comprehensive Gandhi reader provides an essential new reference for scholars and students of his life and thought. It is the only text available that presents Gandhi's own writings, including excerpts from three of his books—An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Satyagraha in South Africa, Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule)-a major pamphlet, Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place, and many journal articles and letters along with a biographical sketch of his life in historical context and recent essays by highly regarded scholars. The writers of these essays—hailing from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and India, with academic credentials in several different disciplines—examine his nonviolent campaigns, his development of programs to unify India, and his impact on the world in the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first. Gandhi's Experiments with Truth provides an unparalleled range of scholarly material and perspectives on this enduring philosopher, peace activist, and spiritual guide.

Richard L. Johnson is professor of Germanic languages and director of peace and conflict studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Ft. Wayne.

Chapter 1 Gandhi's Experiments with Truth: Private Life, Satyagraha, and the Constructive Programme Part 2 Gandhi's Life and Thought Chapter 3 From Childhood to Satyagrahi Chapter 4 Return to India Part 5 Selections from Writings by Gandhi Chapter 6 An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth Chapter 7 Satyagraha in South Africa Chapter 8 Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule) and Related Writings Chapter 9 Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place and Related Writings Chapter 10 Short Moral and Political Writings Part 11 Writings about Gandhi Part 12 Part A. Gandhi's Practice and Theory of Satyagraha Chapter 13 The Birth of Gandhian Satyagraha: Nonviolent Resistance and Soul Force Chapter 14 Gandhian Freedoms and Self-Rule Chapter 15 Gandhi's Politics Chapter 16 "Satyagraha, the Only Way to Stop Terrorism" Chapter 17 Gandhi and Human Rights: In Search of True Humanity Chapter 18 Gandhi's Constructive Programme Part 19 Part B. Gandhi's Impact on the World Chapter 20 Gandhi in the Mind of America Chapter 21 The Availability of Gandhi: Toward a Neo-Gandhian Praxis Chapter 22 Gandhi, Contemporary Political Thinking, and Self-Other Relations Chapter 23 Gandhi's Legacy Chapter 24 Gandhi's Contribution to Global Nonviolent Awakening Chapter 25 Gandhi, Nonviolence, and the Struggle against War

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.11.2005
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Co-Autor	Douglas Allen, Judith M. Brown, Richard A. Falk, Michael Nagler
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 228 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-7391-1143-4 / 0739111434
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1143-7 / 9780739111437
Zustand	Neuware