Mohandas Gandhi,Anthony J. Parel's Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in PDF

By Mohandas Gandhi,Anthony J. Parel

ISBN-10: 052114602X

ISBN-13: 9780521146029

ISBN-10: 0521197031

ISBN-13: 9780521197038

Hind Swaraj is Mahatma Gandhi's primary paintings. it's a key to realizing not just his lifestyles and idea but additionally the politics of South Asia within the first 1/2 the 20th century. For the 1st time this quantity offers the 1910 textual content of Hind Swaraj and comprises Gandhi's personal Preface and Foreword (not present in different variations) and annotations by way of the editor. In his creation, Anthony Parel units the paintings in its historic and political contexts. He analyses the importance of Gandhi's studies in England and South Africa, and examines the highbrow cross-currents from East and West that affected the formation of the brain and personality of 1 of the 20th century's really notable figures. the second one a part of the quantity includes a few of Gandhi's different writings, together with his correspondence with Tolstoy, Nehru and others. brief bibliographical synopses of sought after figures pointed out within the textual content and a chronology of significant occasions also are incorporated as aids to the reader.

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