Mahatma Gandhi: 23 books

Activist Mahatma Gandhi is best remembered as the freedom fighter who brought the concepts of passive resistance and civil disobedience to the world's attention in his quest for Indian independence from British rule. In the volume Indian Home Rule, Gandhi sets forth a compelling series of arguments against...

The Bhagavad Gita, also called The Song of the Lord, is a 700-line section of a much longer Sanskrit war epic, the Mahabharata, about the legendary conflict between two branches of an Indian ruling family. Framed as a conversation between Krishna, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, and a general of...

CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE KHILAFAT Why I have joined the Khilafat Movement The Turkish Treaty Turkish Peace Terms The Suzerainty over Arabia Further Questions Answered Mr. Candler's Open Letter In process of keeping Appeal to the Viceroy The Premier's reply The Muslim Representation Criticism...

Though he is best remembered as the civil rights leader whose nonviolent protests called attention to a number of important issues, including the negative consequences of British imperialism, Mahatma Gandhi was an ascetic person who strove to maintain health and purity. A Guide to Health sets forth his...

»Sei du selbst die Veränderung.« Mahatma Gandhi setzte sich mit seinen Reden für ein unabhängiges Indien ein. Dies tat er mit einfachen und persönlichen Worten, die bis in die heutige Zeit ihre Gültigkeit haben. Die Texte und Gedanken Gandhis sind nicht abgehoben, sie führen nicht aus...

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice,...

For more than twenty years past I have been paying special attention to the question of Health. While in England, I had to make my own arrangements for food and drink, and I can say, therefore, that my experience is quite reliable. I have arrived at certain definite conclusions from that experience,...

Die Geographin Ulrike Keller hat 28 Originalberichte aus fünf Jahrhunderten zusammengetragen, die ein komplexes kulturgeschichtliches und gesellschaftspolitisches Bild Südafrikas vermitteln. Von Vasco da Gamas Bericht über seine Landung in der Bucht von Sankt Helena und Mosselbay bis Nelson Mandelas...