Mahatma Gandhi : A Social Reformer

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Gandhi and community resources 1906 to 1912. 3. Mahatma Gandhi and Hind Swaraj. 4. Making of Mahatma Gandhi. 5. Satyagraha in South Africa. 6. Satyagraha of Gandhi and human revolution of Ikeda. 7. Mahatma Gandhi: major approaches of society. 8. The Gandhian idea of truthful. 9. Changing the nature of Indian society. 10. Gandhi and the social scientists. 11. Constructive work of Mahatma Gandhi. 12. Gandhi as a Communicator. 13. The Gandhian dialogic. 14. Mahatma Gandhi and the legacy of democratic decentralisation in India. Bibliography. Index.

The concept and practice of Satyagraha as visualised and developed by Gandhi can be better understood when it is examined in the context of modern concept and practice as exemplified by Human Revolution. Satyagraha an Indian word is a combination of two words. Gandhi coined this term in South Africa. Sat means truth while Agraha means holding on. Gandhi developed the concept and practices of Satyagraha in a unique way. His primary purpose through Satyagraha was to prepare every human being to recognise evil. He considered that modern civilization is much more inimical than the colonialism. He considered that root of the troubles in India lay in the adoption of modern civilisation itself. (jacket)