RE321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Vinoba Bhave, Petra Kelly, Nathuram Godse
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Re321 lesson 11: emulation of gandhi in india and the world (1948-present) It continues with gandhi"s influence upon others in the 20th and 21st centuries. The grass-roots decision power of small social units like town: most of all upon decision power of small social units like towns, and perhaps most of all upon personal commitment to self-control or self-rule physically and ethically. This was for gandhi the closest approximation of truth. It is something of an exaggeration to imagine that most indians understand and appreciate gandhi. Gandhi: gandhi"s influence ebbed over time, the man whom gandhi advocated to be the first prime minister of independent india, nehru (1885- India"s nuclear capability, including the use of nuclear weapons: while gandhi disliked central, powerful state governments, nehru greatly expanded. India"s central government: gandhi thought that centralization of power tended over time to alienate government from the will of the people. Christians: also largely responsible for the escalation of military tension with pakistan.
