Gandhi on Non-Violence: Selected Texts from Mohandas K. Gandhi's Non-Violence in Peace and War

Year 1965
Type Book
Genre social ethics
Tradition Catholic
Original language English

For For readers wanting Gandhi's own words on nonviolence with a Christian introduction; the texts are Gandhi's, not Merton's.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 2 of 5 moderate

Merton's selection of Gandhi's texts on non-violence and satyagraha, with an introduction linking them to Hindu, Greek and Christian sources.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 3 of 5
Scriptural 1 of 5
Experiential 2 of 5
Sociological 5 of 5
Historical 3 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A selection of texts from Gandhi's Non-Violence in Peace and War, chosen and introduced by Merton and published by New Directions in 1965 (82 pages). In his introduction, "Gandhi and the One-Eyed Giant", Merton presents non-violence as action rather than mere pacifism and links Gandhi's principles of ahimsa and satyagraha to the Hindu dharma, to Greek philosophy and to the teaching of Christ, observing that for Gandhi non-violence sprang from an inner realisation of spiritual unity. A later New Directions edition adds a preface by Mark Kurlansky.

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Catalog IDW.DD8435.T

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