Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lecture 3 of 19, April 5, 2026
Watch the playlist: Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lectures 19 https://rutube.ru/plst/1583914 Continuation of discussion of the religious and cultural milieu in which Gandhi grew up; the so-called "influences" on Gandhi. The main subject of this lecture is Gandhi and the "Other West". We begin with social reform movements in India in the 19th century; role of the English language in India; what kind of following Gandhi might have had. The lecture then moves to a discussion of certain Western thinkers in whom Gandhi was steeped who represent the "Other West": H D Thoreau, R W Emerson. Differences between Thoreau and Gandhi. The 'two" Tolstoys, the novelist and the Christian anarchists. Gandhi's experiences in London--his interactions with vegetarians & Theosophists. Towards the end of the lecture, I begin th e next segment on the "Essential Elements of a Gandhian Grammar". Does nonviolence do justice to the Sanskrit word ahimsa? Do they mean the same? The difficulties of 'negation' in the English language. What does St Augustine say about good and evil? Vinay Lal is an Indian historian. He is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politics of world history, the Indian diaspora, global politics, contemporary American politics, the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi, Hinduism, and the politics of knowledge systems.
Watch the playlist: Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lectures 19 https://rutube.ru/plst/1583914 Continuation of discussion of the religious and cultural milieu in which Gandhi grew up; the so-called "influences" on Gandhi. The main subject of this lecture is Gandhi and the "Other West". We begin with social reform movements in India in the 19th century; role of the English language in India; what kind of following Gandhi might have had. The lecture then moves to a discussion of certain Western thinkers in whom Gandhi was steeped who represent the "Other West": H D Thoreau, R W Emerson. Differences between Thoreau and Gandhi. The 'two" Tolstoys, the novelist and the Christian anarchists. Gandhi's experiences in London--his interactions with vegetarians & Theosophists. Towards the end of the lecture, I begin th e next segment on the "Essential Elements of a Gandhian Grammar". Does nonviolence do justice to the Sanskrit word ahimsa? Do they mean the same? The difficulties of 'negation' in the English language. What does St Augustine say about good and evil? Vinay Lal is an Indian historian. He is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politics of world history, the Indian diaspora, global politics, contemporary American politics, the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi, Hinduism, and the politics of knowledge systems.