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OverviewMohandas Gandhi, icon of Indian liberation, remains an inspiration for anti-capitalists and peace activists globally. His campaigns for national liberation based on non-violence and mass civil disobedience were critical to defeating the power of the British Empire. This biography examines his campaigns from South Africa to India to evaluate the successes and failures of non-violent resistance. Seventy years after his death, his legacy remains contested: was he a saint, revolutionary, class conciliator, or self-obsessed spiritual zealot? The contradictions of Gandhi's politics are unpicked through an analysis of the social forces at play in the mass movement around him. Entrusted to liberate the oppressed of India, his key support base were industrialists, landlords and the rich peasantry. Gandhi's moral imperatives often clashed with these vested material interests, as well as with more radical currents to his left. Today, our world is scarred by permanent wars, racism and violence, environmental destruction and economic crisis. Can non-violent resistance win against state and corporate power? This book explores Gandhi's experiments in civil disobedience to assess their relevance for struggles today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Talat AhmedPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.231kg ISBN: 9780745334288ISBN 10: 0745334288 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 20 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements Glossary Maps Introduction 1. Early Life: 1869–93 2. South Africa and the Birth of Satyagraha: 1893–1915 3. The Champion of the Oppressed Returns: 1915–19 4. Nationalist Leader: 1919–29 5. Global Icon: 1929–39 6. Fascism, War, Independence and Partition: 1939–48 Conclusion: Assassination and Legacy Notes IndexReviews'Considering all the biographies that glorify Gandhi, this concise book adopts a refreshing and consistently critical approach. Ahmed challenges students, specialists and general readers to question Gandhi's legacy, and to debate his life and work' -- Dr Yasmin Khan, author of 'The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War' 'Talat Ahmed has written an outstanding book on Gandhi's life. Combining respect for Gandhi's impact on the global decolonisation struggle with a sharp critical understanding of his reservations in matters of deeper reforms, Ahmed relates Gandhi to the struggles of anti-imperialist forces and illuminates his innovations in tactics of political resistance' -- Meghnad Desai, author of 'The Rediscovery of India' 'Considering all the biographies that glorify Gandhi, this concise book adopts a refreshing and consistently critical approach. Ahmed challenges students, specialists and general readers to question Gandhi's legacy, and to debate his life and work' -- Dr Yasmin Khan, author of 'The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War' Author InformationTalat Ahmed is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the author of Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience (Pluto, 2018) and of a study of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association entitled Literature and Politics in the Age of Nationalism: The Progressive Episode in South Asia, 1932-56 (Routledge, 2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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