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Summary

This comprehensive Gandhi reader provides an essential new reference for scholars and students of his life and thought. It is the only text available that presents Gandhi's own writings, including excerpts from three of his books--An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Satyagraha in South Africa, Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule)--a major pamphlet, Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place, and many journal articles and letters, along with a biographical sketch of his life in historical context and recent essays by highly regarded scholars.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Gandhi's Experiments with Truth: Private Life, Satyagraha, and the Constructive Programme xi
Richard L. Johnson
Part I: Gandhi's Life and Thought
From Childhood to Satyagrahi
3(14)
Richard L. Johnson
Return to India
17(38)
Richard L. Johnson
Part II: Selections from Writings by Gandhi
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
55(16)
Satyagraha in South Africa
71(12)
Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule) and Related Writings
83(9)
Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place and Related Writings
92(12)
Short Moral and Political Writings
104(59)
Part III. Writings about Gandhi
Part A. Gandhi's Practice and Theory of Satyagraha
The Birth of Gandhian Satyagraha: Nonviolent Resistance and Soul Force
163(12)
Michael W. Sonnleitner
Gandhian Freedoms and Self-Rule
175(23)
Anthony J. Parel
Gandhi's Politics
198(30)
Ronald J. Terchek
``Satyagraha: The Only Way to Stop Terrorism''
228(9)
Richard L. Johnson
Gandhi and Human Rights: In Search of True Humanity
237(16)
Judith M. Brown
The Constructive Programme
253(10)
Michael Nagler
Part B. Gandhi's Impact on the World
Gandhi in the Mind of America
263(29)
Lloyd I. Rudolph
The Availability of Mahatma Gandhi: Toward a Neo-Gandhian Praxis
292(13)
Makarand Paranjape
Gandhi, Contemporary Political Thinking, and Self-Other Relations
305(29)
Douglas Allen
Gandhi's Legacy
334(17)
Bhikhu Parekh
Gandhi's Contribution to Global Nonviolent Awakening
351(14)
Glenn D. Paige
Gandhi, Nonviolence, and the Struggle Against War
365(8)
Richard Falk
Glossary 373(2)
Short Bibliography 375(2)
Index 377(8)
About the Contributors 385

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