Moral and Political Thought of Gandhi by Vinay Lal #3 of 19

Moral and Political Thought of Gandhi [Lec 03] (Lecture of 5 April 2016, UCLA). 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 non-violence 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?