Gandhi’s Significance for Today

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Overview: The Elusive Legacy....Pages 3-6
Gandhi’s Relevance Today....Pages 7-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Introduction to Part I....Pages 21-23
The Heart of Satyagraha: A Quest for Inner Dignity, not Political Power....Pages 24-35
Shoring Up the Saint: Some Suggestions for Improving Satyagraha....Pages 36-50
Gandhi and Celibacy....Pages 51-60
Gandhi in South Africa....Pages 61-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Introduction to Part II....Pages 85-89
Gandhi’s Concept of Truth....Pages 90-108
Gandhi’s Moral Philosophy....Pages 109-121
Gandhi on Civilization and Religion....Pages 122-136
Gandhi’s Interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita....Pages 137-151
Gandhi and Christianity....Pages 152-165
Gandhi’s Religious Universalism....Pages 166-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Introduction to Part III....Pages 185-188
The Core of Gandhi’s Social and Economic Thought....Pages 189-202
The Gandhian Movement in India Since the Death of Gandhi....Pages 203-225
Gandhian Feminism....Pages 226-235
The Influence of Gandhi on Martin Luther King, Jr.....Pages 236-243
An Anti-Secularist Manifesto....Pages 244-264
Back Matter....Pages 265-275