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14. Mai 2024 · Taken from Gandhi's writings throughout his life, The Essential Gandhi introduces us to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, non-violence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi) was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. As such, he came to be considered the father of his country.
- Initially, Gandhi’s campaigns sought to combat the second-class status Indians received at the hands of the British regime. Eventually, however, th...
- Gandhi’s family practiced a kind of Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism, that was inflected through the morally rigorous tenet...
- Within India, Gandhi’s philosophy lived on in the messages of reformers such as social activist Vinoba Bhave. Abroad, activists such as Martin Luth...
- Gandhi’s father was a local government official working under the suzerainty of the British Raj, and his mother was a religious devotee who—like th...
- As lauded a figure as Gandhi has become, his actions and beliefs didn’t escape the criticism of his contemporaries. Liberal politicians thought he...
10. Mai 2024 · Quoted in The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas edited by Louis Fischer (2002), p. 160. Under democracy individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.
Vor 2 Tagen · 2 Napoleon‘s conquests spurred the development of nationalist movements from Spain to Russia, setting the stage for his ultimate downfall. 2. Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) Simón Bolívar was the most prominent leader of Latin America‘s independence movements against Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century.
Vor 4 Tagen · Based on the complete edition of his works, this new volume presents Gandhi's most important political writings arranged around the two central themes of his political teachings: satyagraha (the power of non-violence) and swaraj (freedom). Dennis Dalton's general Introduction and headnotes highlight the life of Gandhi, set the readings in historical context, and provide insight into the ...
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9. Mai 2024 · By Mahatma Gandhi; Louis Fischer; M.K.Gandhi; Gandhi. The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas.
Vor 2 Tagen · Gandhi's life and teachings inspired many who specifically referred to Gandhi as their mentor or who dedicated their lives to spreading his ideas. In Europe, Romain Rolland was the first to discuss Gandhi in his 1924 book Mahatma Gandhi , and Brazilian anarchist and feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura wrote about Gandhi in her work on pacifism.
