Mahatma Gandhi was a profound and original thinker, one of the most
influential figures in the history of the twentieth century, and a
famous advocate of non-violent civil resistance. His many and varied
writings largely respond to the specific challenges he faced throughout
his life, and they show his evolving ideas, as well as his deepening
spirituality and humanity, over several decades. Drawn from the full
range of Gandhi's published work--books, articles, broadcasts,
interviews, letters--this superb selection illuminates his thinking on
religion and spirituality, on society and its problems, on politics and
British rule, and on non-violence and civil disobedience. The pieces are
arranged to underscore Gandhi's belief that transformation in human life
should be from the roots upwards, from the individual through to social
and political relations. The Introduction by Judith Brown--a leading
authority on Gandhi--provides a succinct account of his life and his
ambiguous role in
the Indian nationalist movement, examines what kind of thinker and
writer Gandhi was, and shows how he built a coherent body of thought.
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