About this title: Taken from Gandhi's own writings throughout his life, this title introduces readers to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, nonviolence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough portrait of one of the greatest spiritual leaders the world has known.
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Description: GOOD. Hardcover-9781400030507 mjm TRADE PB [GANDHI, MAHATMA] ESSENTIAL GANDHI, THE ANTHOLOGY OF HIS WRITINGS ON HIS LIFE, WORK, AND IDEAS. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 11/12/2002
ISBN-13:9781400030507ISBN:1400030501
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Description: Brand New. Paperback. "Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma ("great soul"), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century and during this nation's own civil rights movement. Taken from Gandhi's writings throughout his life, The Essential Gandhi introduces us to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, non-violence, civil disobedience, and his own ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN-13:9781400030507ISBN:1400030501
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781400030507ISBN:1400030501
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781400030507ISBN:1400030501
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Description: New. Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma ("great soul"), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century and during this nation's own c... read more
"This is an interesting book on Gandhi's perspectives and life's work, but not as good as his autobiographical "My Experiments With the Truth", which was more of a narrative and flowed much better. This book felt pastiched and scattered, though I did learn some things I didn't get from the aforementioned other work (e.g., he was adamantly against being called "Mahatma"). Overall, it's a worthwhile read, but I'd get "My Experiments" first if you're just getting into Gandhi."
"I never knew that much about Gandhi's philosophy and history until I read this book, but I thought the way they outlined everything the book itself was a bit repetitive."
"Don't take my rating the wrong way. As I expected them to be the writings of Gandhi were overwhelming, and caused much introspection for me, but this particular compilation left much to be desired. The editing was poor, and it tended toward taking a paragraph here and there from different writings and pasting them together. I am always leery of writings pasted like this, often intentionally or unintentionally the original direction of the piece is cut away, leaving side notes or worse.
"The editor invaded this book. I barely got through the first chapter because it felt so man-handled; molested, even. Th editing felt like such an insult to the idea of Gandhi. Gandhi wrote and spoke in the moment; that was how he practiced truth. I forget who edited this, but whoever did claimed to be an expert in Gandhi. If he was such an expert, how could he bring himself to do the exact opposite of what Gandhi strived to do? It was simply blasphemous.
I'd prefer to read Gandhi's "My experiments with the truth" in Gandhi's own words, just as he wrote it and as he intended to share it."
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