Week 13.2: M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj

Reading:
Gandhi, Hind Swaraj, 88-119

Study Questions: 
1. What does Gandhi mean by passive resistance? Why does he choose this form of persuasion over brute force? 

2. Why does Gandhi place so much emphasis on taking up the hand loom and other acts of manual labor?

3. What is your final evaluation of Gandhi's philosophy? Can it be applied universally?

Week 13.1: M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj

Reading:
M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj, 42-87

Study Questions:
1. What is the trouble with railways, lawyers, and doctors? What does this have to do with religion? What does it have to do with the distrust between Hindus and Muslims in India?

2. What is "true civilization"? Is this similar or dissimilar to your own definition of civilization?

Week 12.2: M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj

Reading:
M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj, xiv-xxiv, 5-41

Study Questions:
1. According to Gandhi what is Swaraj?

2. Beyond his stated reason that the form of the dialogue allows for easy reading, why might Gandhi write this book as a dialogue?