An Autobiography: Gandhi (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Gandhi, M. K.

 
9780141186863: An Autobiography: Gandhi (Penguin Modern Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0141186860 ISBN 13: 9780141186863
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence. This is not a straightforward narrative biography, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.

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M. K. Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, India. He studied law in London and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1891. He worked to improve the rights of immigrant Indians in South Africa and returned to India in 1915 to take up the struggle for independence from Britain. Gandhi never wavered in his belief of non-violent protests and in 1947, he succeeded in uniting India with a national movement. In January 1948, Gandhi was assassinated as he walked to take his evening prayers.

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0141186860
ISBN 13 
9780141186863
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
464
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