Bertha allen biography of mahatma gandhi

Of course Noble had died before Gandhi become known outside South Africa, where he started his public life as a nonviolent activist; however, curiosity led me.

It comes as something of a surprise, therefore, to learn that Gandhi was never awarded a Nobel Peace Prize....

Gandhi from A to Z

This article was published as Douglas Allen, “Mahatma Gandhi,” in Great Thinkers A-Z, edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom (London: Continuum, 2004).

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Mahatma Gandhi

1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma (‘Great Soul/Self’), is arguably the most admired human being of the twentieth-century. Not an academic philosopher, Gandhi was never concerned with abstract philosophical analysis.

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He was an important figure in the non-cooperation movement and the freedom movement of India, who once translated Victor Hugo's novel "Ninety-Three", and is.

It comes as something of a surprise, therefore, to learn that Gandhi was never awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Born into a mid-ranking caste family, Mohandas K. or Mahatama (“Great-Souled”) Gandhi had a low self esteem when he was young.

When asked his philosophy, he typically responded, ‘My life is my message.’ And yet one could make a strong case that Gandhi is more philosophically interesting and significant than most professional philosophers.

Gandhi, like Socrates, was a gadfly, and he was often an embarrassment and an irritant, even to his friends and allies.

He challenges unacknowledged assumptions and uncritically accepted positions and allows us to envision different ways of seeing things. He explodes myths and arrogant provincialism and challenges power positi