The Moral And Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi / Raghavan N.Iyer.

1. INTRODUCTION 3
2. THE INDICTMENT OF MODERN CIVILIZATION 23
3. THE PURIFICATION OF POLITICS 37
Religion and Politics 38
The Concept of Power 53
The Doctrine of Double Standards 58
4. THE NEED FOR ABSOLUTE VALUES AND
FOR VOWS 63
Moral Commitment 64
Absolute Values and Eternal Principles 67
The Need for Vows 73
Pledges and Contracts 81
5. HUMAN NATURE, PROGRESS, AND
PERFECTIBILITY 87
The Concept of Human Nature 88
Original Goodness and Human Perfectibility 96
The Interpretation of History 101
Assessment 106
6. INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE AND HEROISM
IN SOCIETY 113
The Individual and Society 114
The Exaltation of Conscience 119
The Socratic Daimon and Gandhi's Inner Voice 125
The Concept of Conscience in the West and in India 129
The Heroic Ideal 133
Political Leadership and the Masses 139
Conscience and Heroism 144
7. SATYA
ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE TRUTH 149
The Concept of Satya 150
"Truth Is God" 155
Absolute and Relative Truth 158
The Vow of Truth 164
Truth in Politics and Society 167
The Significance of Satya 173
8. AHIMSA
NONVIOLENCE AS A CREED AND A POLICY 177
The Meaning of Ahimsa 178
Ahimsa in Politics and Society 184
Ahimsa as a Creed and as a Policy 192
Unavoidable Himsa 204
Critics of Ahimsa 207
Assessment 212
Appendix: Attitudes Toward Nonviolence before
Gandhi 218
9. SATYA AND AHIMSA
THE RELATION BETWEEN TRUTH AND
NONVIOLENCE 223
Satya and Ahimsa 224
Moksha and Tapas 234
Tolerance and Civility 239
10. SATYAGRAHA
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RESISTANCE 251
The State and the Citizen 252
The Doctrine of Passive Resistance 260
The Doctrine of Satyagraha 269
11. THE SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
SATYAGRAHA 293
The Scope and Application of Satyagraha 294
The Limits and Abuse of Satyagraha 310
Criticisms and Assessment 323
12. SWARAJ AND SWADESHI
SELF-RULE AND SELF-RELIANCE 345
13. MEANS AND ENDS IN POLITICS 359
14. ASSESSMENT 373
Notes 389
Bibliography 419
Glossary 423
Index 429