The First Phase: Arrival in South Africa to the Birth of Satyagraha (1893-1906); Constructive Program II

Contents

00:00—03:16
03:17—09:29
09:30—10:30
10:31—14:00
14:01—19:08
19:09— 21:30
21:31—22:47
22:48— 24:36
24:37—34:12
34:13—35:57
35:58—39:58
39:59—45:00
45:01—54:45
54:46—58:28
58:29—1:01:51
1:01:52—1:05:22
1:05:23—1:10:47
1:10:48—end

Announcements
Science: neuroplasticity, epigenetics, growth and protection, humans doing what machines cannot 
Story about a baby grabbing his father’s finger while the father was delivering him 
Gandhi, 1894: purpose of law is to “unite parties riven asunder,” Girard and the purpose of law  
Gandhi’s religion: his mantram and fearlessness, Hinduism, reverence for all faiths, swadeshi
Gandhi’s way: compromise on inessentials— story: Gandhi wearing turban in court 
Gandhi’s persuasion, go slow and have people on board rather than get numbers, constructive work
Gandhi’s different modes of operating allowed him to keep moving even if one mode was blocked 
Gandhi and the Transvaal, paradox of repression, stories: 1906 birth of satyagraha, Zulu Rebellion
Story of C.F. Andrews and the Indian man paralyzed from indignity
Gandhi’s renounciation of possessions (trusteeship) and sex (bramacharya), Sept 11 meeting
People Power, Person Power, law of progression “these forty will become forty-thousand”
Gandhi 1906-1908, civil disobedience/satyagraha in South Africa 
Symbolic versus real (concrete) action, steps of nonviolence 
South Africa, con’t—Gandhi and Tolstoy, Gandhi as first one to organize nv on a large scale
Smuts on the West’s unwillingness to change, Gandhi’s challenge to that civilization, sacrifice trap  
Smuts and Gandhi: Smuts disallows Black Act but limits immigration: No fresh issue 
Overview of Gandhi in South Africa 1908-1914

Readings

Section 2a of the course reader:

  • Short Chronology of Gandhi’s Life, from Homer Jack, The Gandhi Reader
  • Excerpt from Satyagraha in South Africa, by M.K. Gandhi

Fischer, Louis. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World Ch 4-9