Reading Gandhi

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
About the Author......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Family and Childhood......Page 11
In Search of Livelihood......Page 12
In South Africa......Page 13
Satyagraha in India......Page 14
Towards Freedom......Page 15
Summing Up......Page 16
Further Readings......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Need and the Way to Study a Classic......Page 22
The Inescapability of Interpretation......Page 23
Strategies of Interpretation......Page 27
Meanings and Contexts......Page 32
Quentin Skinner on Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas 
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The Problem with this Approach......Page 39
Concepts Reinterpreted or Wrongly Interpreted......Page 40
The Absurdities Created Due to this Mythicization......Page 41
The Other Aspect of the Problem......Page 42
A Second Type of Mythology......Page 43
Who Needs the Details? Just Find Some Coherence......Page 44
Does the Author Know Better or the Interpreter?......Page 45
Putting Meaning Where there is None......Page 46
Can We Avoid Paradigms or Reference to the Past?......Page 47
Is Having a History of Thoughts a Good Idea?......Page 48
The Problems with the ‘Unit Idea’ Quest......Page 49
Summing up......Page 51
Summary......Page 52
Further Readings......Page 53
Introduction......Page 54
Context of Hind Swaraj......Page 55
Contents of Hind Swaraj......Page 62
Gandhi on Hind Swaraj......Page 64
Methodology......Page 67
Summing Up......Page 68
Notes and References......Page 70
Summary......Page 72
Further Readings......Page 73
Satyagraha: Meaning and Genesis......Page 74
Satyagraha and Passive Resistance......Page 76
Non-Violence......Page 78
Brotherhood of Man and Faith in the Goodness of Man......Page 79
Control of the Palate......Page 80
Bread Labour......Page 81
Code of Satyagraha......Page 82
Forms and Techniques of Satyagraha......Page 83
Constructive Programme......Page 84
Fasting......Page 86
Non-Violent Non-Cooperation......Page 87
Hartal......Page 88
Picketing......Page 89
Civil Disobedience......Page 90
Bhikhu Parekh on Satyagraha
......Page 91
Summing Up......Page 94
Notes and References......Page 95
Summary......Page 97
Further Readings......Page 98
Introduction......Page 99
Critique of Modernity......Page 100
No Self-Restraint......Page 106
State Culture......Page 107
Summing Up......Page 108
Summary......Page 109
Further Readings......Page 111
Introduction......Page 112
Sarvodaya: Meaning and Genesis......Page 113
Ruskin’s Unto This Last......Page 114
Leo Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You......Page 115
The Bhagvad Gita......Page 116
Jainism......Page 117
Ends and Means in Sarvodaya......Page 118
Sarvodaya Social Order......Page 119
Sarvodaya Political Order......Page 121
Socialism, Communism and Sarvodaya......Page 122
Summing up......Page 125
Notes and References......Page 126
Summary......Page 128
Further Readings......Page 129
Pre-modernism, Modernism and Post-modernism......Page 130
Gandhian Alternative......Page 133
Was Gandhi a Post-modernist?......Page 136
New Dimensions of Modernism: Globalization......Page 137
Loss of Human Values......Page 140
Undemocratic Democracy......Page 141
Breaking Down of Family Solidarity......Page 142
David Hardman on ‘An Alternative Modernity’7......Page 143
A Gandhian Civilization......Page 144
The Constructive Programme......Page 145
Gandhi’s Influence Beyond India......Page 146
Notes and References......Page 148
Summary......Page 149
Further Readings......Page 150
Introduction......Page 151
Origin of Trusteeship......Page 152
Basis of Trusteeship......Page 153
Bread-labour......Page 154
Aparigraha......Page 155
Trusteeship as an Attitude......Page 157
Trusteeship as a Movement......Page 158
Trusteeship as a Legal Institution......Page 159
Trusteeship as an Ideal......Page 160
Qualities of a Trustee......Page 161
Trusteeship Bills......Page 164
Criticism of the Concept of Trusteeship......Page 165
Summing Up......Page 166
Notes and References......Page 167
Summary......Page 168
Further Readings......Page 169
Introduction......Page 171
Meaning......Page 172
Gandhi on Swaraj......Page 176
Spiritual and Moral Freedom......Page 178
Political Freedom......Page 180
Characteristic of Swaraj......Page 181
Summing Up......Page 184
Summary......Page 185
Further Readings......Page 187
Concept of Swadeshi......Page 188
Swadeshi and Cottage Industries......Page 190
Swadeshi and Globalization......Page 191
Notes and References......Page 193
Summary......Page 194
Further Readings......Page 195
Concept of Non-violence......Page 196
Characteristics of Non-violence......Page 202
Non-violence: An Analysis......Page 203
Summing Up......Page 206
Summary......Page 207
Further Readings......Page 208
Introduction......Page 209
Indian Nationalism......Page 210
Gandhian Perspective......Page 212
Summing Up......Page 214
Notes and References......Page 215
Summary......Page 216
Further Readings......Page 217
Introduction......Page 218
Principles of Constructive Programme......Page 220
The Content......Page 221
Communal Unity......Page 222
Prohibition......Page 223
Village Industries......Page 224
Adult Education......Page 225
Women......Page 226
Provincial Languages......Page 227
Economic Equality......Page 228
Labourers......Page 229
Leprosy......Page 230
Students......Page 231
Nature Cure......Page 233
Gramdan......Page 234
Shanti Sena......Page 235
Summing Up......Page 236
Notes and References......Page 237
Summary......Page 238
Further Reading......Page 239
Introduction......Page 240
Communalism Defined......Page 241
Hindu-Muslim Communalism: The Context......Page 242
Indian National Movement and the Question of Communal Unity......Page 244
Khilafat Movement and Communal Unity......Page 245
Partition of India......Page 246
Gandhi on Communal Unity......Page 248
Notes and References......Page 251
Summary......Page 253
Further Readings......Page 255
Introduction......Page 256
Own Identity......Page 257
Not Weaker Sex......Page 258
Notes and References......Page 262
Further Readings......Page 263
Gandhi and Untouchability......Page 264
Gandhi on Untouchability......Page 272
Notes and References......Page 274
Summary......Page 275
Further Reading......Page 276
Introduction......Page 277
Issues and Challenges......Page 278
Sustainable Development......Page 281
Gandhian Perspective......Page 283
Summing Up......Page 285
Summary......Page 286
Further Readings......Page 287
Chapter 18: Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi......Page 288
Summing Up......Page 295
Summary......Page 296
Further Readings......Page 297
Appendix 1: Important Events in Gandhi’s Life......Page 298
Appendix 2: Gandhi’s Satyagraha Movements......Page 302
Appendix 3: Gandhi’s Periods of Imprisonments......Page 313
Appendix 4: Gandhi’s Fasts......Page 316
Appendix 5: Eleven Vows......Page 320
Glossary......Page 322
Bibliography......Page 324
Index......Page 328