Topic > Mahatma Gandhi - 1384

Gandhi perceives imperialism as a creation of industrial development, which perpetuates greed and the desire to increase profit at the expense of the body and society. Gandhi states. “Those who are intoxicated by modern civilization are unlikely to write against it. Their concern will be to discover facts and arguments in support of this, and this they do unconsciously” (Gandhi, chapter 6). Gandhi assumes that civilization, like an incurable disease, and new civilized creations are a limitation to the body and society. Therefore, India's helplessness is linked to its association with Britain. Furthermore, an unarmed India has no control over the resistance of “Western civilization”, so what is civilized justice? According to Gandhi, civil justice punishes those who endanger the survival of the profits and prestige of colonial imperialism. On 10 March 1922, Gandhi declared himself responsible for leading the non-cooperation movement and, in light of his sedition, Gandhi's earlier political career and the written work Hind Swaraj, attest to the flaws of the colonial political and ethical manifesto. resistance', his earlier political career, above all, began as a layer in London. He was educated by the civilization he later detested. Gandhi began to formulate his own criticism of the materialist West. His experience in South Africa led him to create the Indian National Congress in 1894, and his ideological concept of passive resistance helped him transform nonviolence into strength. Gandhi discovered this spiritual identity in South Africa which was embellished in his message of Swaraj. Gandhi believed in Swaraj and used this philosophy of passive resistance to produce Hind Swaraj in 1908. This became a… medium of paper… waraj. This passive resistance is acquired through four different foundations: sincerity, voluntary poverty, self-control and fear. These were the four fundamental principles of which the British had deprived India. In reaction to colonialism, Gandhi denounced modernity and development as defects of civilization. Furthermore, modern civilization represents the King of Satan and the God of war; on the contrary, ancient civilization is the kingdom of God and the God of Love (Gandhi, epilogue). Thus, metaphors are embedded in Gandhi's philosophy to characterize his state of mind that the dismay of the non-cooperation movement gives validity to Gandhi's statement: "I reluctantly came to the conclusion that the British connection had made the India more defenseless than it has ever been before, politically and economically. An unarmed India has no power of resistance against any aggressor…”.