This volume focuses on Gandhi's vision of Satyagraha, whereby one appeals to reason and conscience and puts an end to evil by converting the evil-doer. The book begins with an explanation of Satyagraha and proceeds with detailed discussions of the self-training and courage necessary for Satyagraha.
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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I learned a great deal from Mahatma Gandhiji (1869-1948) by reading NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE. This book is a collection of articles written at the hand of Gandhiji for the magazines "Young India" and "Harijan". In addition, there are some interviews. The term Satyagraha was authored by Gandhiji to describe the process of non-violent resistance. Satyagraha has as its goal reform. It requires a great deal of discipline on the part of the participants. It also requires an opponent that is capable of reform. I have been applying what I have learned from this book in an attempt to reform myself. If you are interested in the life of Mahatma Gandhiji, or in the process of non-violent resistance, this book will be interesting to you.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I liked this book because it makes Gandhi's ideas concrete and specific. He talks about how to handle specific situations, and explains his thinking - for example, his view of picketing. Specific examples of how to handle specific situations give you more insight into what non-violent resistence and non-cooperation really mean as applied to real life situations. After reading this book, you have a much better sense of how to apply Gandhi's ideas, versus just an overview of his ideas as abstraction.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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So very few books could boast truly world-changing ideas like this one. The effects of Ghandi's teachings have of course spread far beyond the struggles in South Africa and India to the civil rights movement in the US and more. Non-violence has never been weighed and found wanting, it has been weighed, found difficult and ignored. But, in the end, the way that looks easier, the way of violence, is the truly hard path to follow. What seems the longest road is not necessarily the most difficult to travel. We all need to review Ghandi from time to time and regain that other path away from self-destruction.
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Its Gandhi - of course its 5 stars!
Gandhi didn't "write" a book by this title such. It is a compilation of his writings (done by Bharatan Kumarappa) that were largely taken from his journals, for example "Young... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Will Jerom
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One of the Best
I have studied Gandhi's philosophy a great deal both personally and in an academic setting, and this is on of the best introductory texts on Satyagraha I have found. Read more
Published 3 months ago by livelife2day
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Gandhi
I helped a high school student write a research paper about how Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance freed India from the british. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Paul Shipley
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This is not a complete study of Satyagraha
I bought this book thinking it would be about the complete teaching of Satyagraha, so I was surprized and disappointed to read on page 37 that: "We include discourses on only... Read more
Published 5 months ago by 6thofNine
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One of the most essential books ever for changing the world
This, along with the works of Emma Goldman, Albert Parsons and similar syndicalists as well as modern day Subcommandante Marcos (Our word is our Weapon) are the combined answer to... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jamie M. Albert
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Spiritual & Political?!
Now with everything that is happening ; the Arab Spring, the Wall Street Occupation, the World Revolution in general, I find reading Gandhi's Satyagraha extremely crucial for the... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bothayna
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Such an inspirational reading.
While I agree with previous reviewers that the writing quality on this book is not the best, I have to admit the insight is amazing. Read more
Published on March 9, 2009 by Mirna B. Orellana
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Our Only Option
Though not a perfect spokesperson for the human race - he asserts that Buddhists cannot be non-violent satyagrahis because they don't believe in God (! Read more
Published on February 19, 2009 by Stuart Ross
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Unexciting
This was one of the few books I found on Amazon regarding the subject of resisting a system. I find it a tough read, because of the author (Gandhi himself) has a writing style I... Read more
Published on October 2, 2008 by D. Whaley
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WOW, Essential Gandhi!
I loved this book from cover to cover. It's an amazing story of one man's non-violent battle against the food-arazzi. Read more
Published on June 8, 2006 by Robert Pope
