Mahatma Gandhi

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The socioeconomic thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi. 3. Gandhi against violence. 4. Gandhis campaign for prohibition. 5. Powerful nonviolent conflict. 6. The social illusory in Gandhi. 7. Principles in social work. 8. Gandhi and the apologetics of imperialism. 9. India\'s national identity and Gandhi. Bibliography. Index.

Mohandas Gandhi October 2 1869 January 30 1948 also known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mahatma great soul father of the nation Bapu father Gandhiji is considered the father of the Indian Independence movement. Gandhi believed that his taking the vow of Brahmacharya had allowed him the focus to come up with the concept of Satyagraha in late 1906. In the very simplest sense Satyagraha is passive resistance. However Gandhi believed the English phrase of passive resistance did not represent the true spirit of Indian resistance since passive resistance was often thought to be used by the weak and was a tactic that could potentially be conducted in anger.

In March 1922 Gandhi was jailed for sedition and after a trial was sentenced to six years in prison. When Gandhi was released from prison in 1944 Indian Independence seemed in sight. Unfortunately however huge disagreements between Hindus and Muslims has arisen. Since the majority of Indians were Hindu the Muslims feared not having any political power if there was an independent India. Gandhi heatedly opposed the idea of a partition of India and did his best to bring all sides together. Unfortunately not everyone was happy with this peace plan. On January 30 1948 the 78 year old Gandhi spent his lat day as he had many others. (jacket)