HSTR 347A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bodymind, Mercantilism, Finished Good
2 Apr 2016
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India is the best civilisation had ever existed : rural lifestyle traditional still creation of what was before need to be recovered he is writing this between london/south africa not much contact with india. No real connexion to life on the ground. Written from a distance and variety of sources. There is a way of living that does not rely on railways/doctors/lawyers for your subsidence disconnect between body/mind. Welath not based on only bodely welfaire !! Only symptom of the disease = western civilisation about reformation of the self = his swaraj. Indian civilisation = older (western way will not survive), indian own tradition contains within it the seeds to challenge these problems (caste based discrimination) Gandhi"s necessary relationship between ends and means should consistent with india civilisation passive resistane : fearlessness, truth chastity, poverty, education : bring back passive resistance into corrupted india by west civi. Reformation of the self : not the identity of its ruler.
