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Mahatma Gandhi - Autobiografia
Lo straordinario racconto autobiografico di Mahatma Gandhi, figura chiave del novecento che, attraverso i suoi insegnamenti e il suo esempio di vita ha contribuito a influenzare la sua epoca e la nostra attualità. L'autobiografia segue i passi di Gandhi dall'infanzia, il matrimonio ad appena 13 anni, il soggiorno di studi in Inghilterra e, durante la sua permanenza in Sud Africa, l’elaborazione della satyagraha, la forza d’animo alla base della resistenza passiva con cui Gandhi guiderà le proteste contro il razzismo e, una volta tornato in India, la lotta per l'indipendenza. Un racconto tra luci e ombre, in cui Gandhi non omette nulla, sottoponendosi con straordinaria umiltà alla lente di ingrandimento della storia.
218 pages, Paperback
Published June 15, 2019
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Mahatma Gandhi
1,268 books6,453 followersMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world.
The son of a senior government official, Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu Bania community in coastal Gujarat, and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa, using new techniques of non-violent civil disobedience that he developed. Returning to India in 1915, he set about organizing peasants to protest excessive land-taxes. A lifelong opponent of "communalism" (i.e. basing politics on religion) he reached out widely to all religious groups. He became a leader of Muslims protesting the declining status of the Caliphate. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, increasing economic self-reliance, and above all for achieving Swaraj—the independence of India from British domination. His spiritual teacher was the Jain philosopher/poet Shrimad Rajchandra.
The son of a senior government official, Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu Bania community in coastal Gujarat, and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa, using new techniques of non-violent civil disobedience that he developed. Returning to India in 1915, he set about organizing peasants to protest excessive land-taxes. A lifelong opponent of "communalism" (i.e. basing politics on religion) he reached out widely to all religious groups. He became a leader of Muslims protesting the declining status of the Caliphate. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, increasing economic self-reliance, and above all for achieving Swaraj—the independence of India from British domination. His spiritual teacher was the Jain philosopher/poet Shrimad Rajchandra.
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