Moral and Political Thought of Gandhi by Vinay Lal #2 of 19

Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi [Lec 02] (Lecture of 31 March 2016, UCLA). Three issues are discussed in this lecture: the political and intellectual history of India in the 19th century; the cultural and religious milieu in which he grew up; and the political history of Gandhi, as it were, until his departure for South Africa. Some considerations: The machinery of administration in colonial India; political set-up in British India; Porbandar a coastal city; culture of coastal cities; princely/native states; Gujaratis a trading and diasporic people; Indian Ocean trading system; status of women in 19th century India; Protestantization of Hinduism; social reform movements in India, 19th century; fasting in India; waht do the "sacred" and being "devout" mean today; foudning of the Indian National Congress 1885; the INC as a model organization.