RELG 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mexican–American War, Khadi, Swadeshi Movement
3 Nov 2016
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Working class with similar motivations but different solutions historical necessity (just the next time period) John ruskin (1819-1900) change his life in accordance to ideals in the book. Ruskin saw indus. as moral decline in civilization while for marx it was a. Wrote essays on political economy which had impact on gandhi wanted to (cid:498)unto this last(cid:499) 1862. Critique of modern (19th c) capitalism and industrialism plight of the. Emergence of socialism and communism ruskin and marx contemporaries. Marx: workers to take control of the means of production band together. Ruskin: small scale production as the solution rejected industrialism all together a bit more extreme than marx. Ruskin"s influence on gandhi: swadeshi (promoting local goods and boycott. Transcendentalism movement (leading figure along with emerson) . Both heavily influenced by ideas from indian religions read upanishads and. Spent several years living alone in the woods walden. Arrested for being a tax resistor and was briefly incarcerated.
