RE321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Salt March, Satyagraha, Nonviolent Resistance
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Lesson 5 gandhi"s political thought (cid:894)2(cid:895): satyagraha. Introduction: gandhi succeeded in his satyagraha agai(cid:374)st south af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859)s bla(cid:272)k a(cid:272)t felt that he could now return to india where he could implement satyagraha + sarvodaya on a small scale. T(cid:449)o (cid:374)ote(cid:449)o(cid:396)thy poi(cid:374)ts of ga(cid:374)dhi(cid:859)s (cid:373)id-life: ga(cid:374)dhi(cid:859)s status a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) i(cid:374)dia(cid:374) politi(cid:272)s i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eased (cid:395)ui(cid:272)kly at (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al le(cid:448)el national level in the indian national. Congress: ca(cid:374) (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)ize ga(cid:374)dhi(cid:859)s (cid:272)a(cid:396)ee(cid:396) du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)id-life as focused on achieving swaraj to achieve it he alternated his attention bw methods to achieve it moving from satyagraha to sarvodya and back to satyagraha. Sarvodaya = a social-economic principle: both principles are religious and aim to create civilisation that lives in accord w god / truth. Satyagraha developed as practical response to events in south africa. ^ caused gandhi to propose that the local indian community begin to resist non-violently the asiatic law amendment act. Indians destroyed registration certificates showed determination to resist the act by accepted gov penalty.
