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Authors: Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (Editor), Dennis Dalton
ISBN-13: 9780872203303, ISBN-10: 0872203301
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: October 1996
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Mahatma Gandhi

Book Synopsis

The first collection of Gandhi's writings to be 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 nonviolence) 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 conceptual framework of Gandhi's political theory. Complete with bibliography, glossary, and index.

	A Note on the Texts
	Introduction	3
Pt. I	Satyagraha: The Power of Nonviolence	27
	Truth Is One	30
	The Crime of Chauri Chaura	32
	What Is Truth?	35
	Preface to Leo Tolstoy's "Letter to a Hindoo"	37
	On Ahimsa	40
	Non-violence	41
	My Path	42
	"On the Verge of It"	43
	Letter to Narandas Gandhi	44
	Love Not Hate	45
	Civility	47
	The Need for Humility	49
	Satyagraha, Civil Disobedience, Passive Resistance, Non-co-operation	50
	Satyagraha - Not Passive Resistance	51
	The First of August	58
	The Non-co-operation Resolution	59
	Evidence Before Disorders Inquiry Committee	60
	Is It Unconstitutional?	64
	Doctrine of the Sword	69
	Civil Disobedience	73
	Letter to Lord Irwin	75
	Duty of Disloyalty	79
	Some Rules of Satyagraha	81
	"Render Unto Caesar"	83
	Fasting in Non-violent Action	87
	Was It Coercive?	88
	Notes to Part I	93
Pt. II	Swaraj: Gandhi's Idea of Freedom	95
	Independence v. Swaraj	98
	Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Changes	101
	Speech on Fundamental Rights	103
	True Independence	107
	Implications of the Constructive Programme	108
	Hindu-Muslim Question in India	110
	Hindu-Muslim Tension: Its Cause and Cure	113
	Hindu-Muslim Unity	114
	The Sin of Untouchability	118
	An Impatient Worker	121
	Speech at Public Meeting, Trichinopoly	122
	Caste Has to Go	124
	Untouchability, Women and Swaraj	126
	Speech at Bhagini Samaj, Bombay	127
	Women of Gujarat	130
	Answers to Zamindars	132
	Economic Equality	133
	Interview to Nirmal Kumar Bose	135
	Speech at Meeting of Village Workers, Nagpur	137
	Who Is a Socialist?	139
	The Realities	143
	Duty, Democracy and Swaraj	144
	Democracy and Non-violence	148
	Notes to Part II	153
	Chronology	155
	Glossary	159
	Bibliography	163
	Index	165