MOHANDAS GANDHI

ISBN: 9780745334295 Géneros: Sinópsis: Mohandas Gandhi icon of Indian liberation remains an inspiration for anticapitalists and peace activists globally His campaigns for national liberation based on nonviolence 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 nonviolent resistance Seventy years after his death his legacy remains contested was he a saint revolutionary class conciliator or selfobsessed spiritual zealot The contradictions of Gandhis 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 Gandhis 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 nonviolent resistance win against state and corporate power This book explores Gandhis experiments in civil disobedience to assess their relevance for struggles today