Gandhi
Few individuals in history have made so great a mark upon their times as Gandhi. And yet he never held high political office, commanded no armies and was not even a compelling orator. His 'power' therefore makes a particularly fascinating subject for investigation. Historian David Arnold explains how and why the shy student and affluent lawyer became one of the most powerful anti-colonial figures Western empires in Asia ever faced and why he aroused such intense affection, loyalty, and at times…
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- Full title :Gandhi / David Arnold.
Summary
Few individuals in history have made so great a mark upon their times as Gandhi. And yet he never held high political office, commanded no armies and was not even a compelling orator. His 'power' therefore makes a particularly fascinating subject for investigation. Historian David Arnold explains how and why the shy student and affluent lawyer became one of the most powerful anti-colonial figures Western empires in Asia ever faced and why he aroused such intense affection, loyalty, and at times much bitter hatred, among Indians and Westerners alike. Attaching as much influence to the idea and image of Gandhi as to the man himself, Arnold sees Gandhi not just as a Hindu saint but as a colonial subject, whose attitudes and experiences expressed much that was common to countless others in India and elsewhere who sought to grapple with the overwhelming power and cultural authority of the West.--From publisher description.
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- Publication Date:2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Longman
- Place of Publication:Harlow, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0582319781, 9780582319783
- oclc:ocm47521302
- LC Classification:DS481.G3
- Dewey Decimal:954.03/5/092
Table of Contents
Introduction: The idea of Gandhi -- A diwan's son -- The India of the princes -- Caste and the Banias -- Gandhi and his family -- Religious life in Kathiawar -- Gandhi in London -- South Africa and self-rule -- Indians in South Africa -- A lawyer in Natal -- 'Truth-force' -- The mantle of Mahatma -- 'Civilisation' and 'slavery' -- Peasant power -- Village India -- The Raj and the Congress -- Gandhi in Champaran -- The Kheda Satyagraha -- The Ahmedabad Strike of 1918 -- A peasant congress? -- Power to the nation -- Gandhi and the First World War -- The Rowlatt Satyagraha -- Congress reorganisation -- Non-cooperation and civil disobedience -- Khadi and the constructive programme -- Trial and imprisonment -- 'Half-naked fakir' -- The Swarajists and the Bardoli Satyagraha -- 'Simon go back' -- The salt satyagraha -- Civil disobedience -- The Gandhi-Irwin Pact -- London and the Round Table Conference -- The lone satyagrahi: Gandhi, religion and society -- Gandhi's religion -- Caste and untouchability -- The 'epic fast' and Harijan campaign -- Gandhi adrift -- Women and gendered politics -- Gandhi in old age: triumph or nemesis? -- Gandhi, Nehru and Bose -- The office question -- 'Quit …
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