The Final Phase: Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy I

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Contents

00:00—01:54
01:55—05:53
05:54—09:30
09:31—12:04
12:05—14:23
14:24—20:54
20:55—26:57
26:58—36:50
36:51—43:55
43:56—46:06
46:07—47:10
47:11—48:30
48:31—59:34
59:35—1:06:42
1:06:43—1:11:30
1:11:31—1:12:30
1:12:31—end
 Announcements
Introduction, commentary on Salt Satyagraha and the challenge to colonialism
Course announcements
Reaction to Salt Satyagraha and the paradox of repression
Gandhi goes to England, takes goats onboard ship
Salt Satyagraha and “work” vs. work, commodification
Round Table Conference, Gandhi’s speech on God, Lancashire Mill workers
1932 “Epic Fast” against separate electorates for caste Hindus and untouchables
Q&A: Dr. Ambedkar, Gandhi’s views on caste, Harijan
Interpretation of the “Epic Fast” and Yeravda Pact, “work” vs. work
Untouchability as the stumbling block to freedom (swadeshi)
1933—1936 grassroots tour against untouchability
Constructive program and village uplift, no fresh issue
1942 “Quit India,” World War II and pacifism, Gandhi and Hitler
Nonviolence and large scale conflict, civilian based defense, Prague Spring
“Quit India” and the principle of nonembarassment
Gandhi and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the partition, the assassination and its aftermath

Readings

Easwaran, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam
Abu-Nimer (your own selections)

Additional Resources

Gandhi’s Speech ‘On God’