Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lecture 5 of 19, April 12, 2026
Watch the playlist: Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lectures 19 https://rutube.ru/plst/1583914 Continuation of Lecture on the Gandhian Grammar of Dissent, and then the circumstances under which Gandhi went to South Africa. Lecture begins with the story of the slaying of Aswathama, and goes on to a discussion of dharma: the dharma of an individual, a caste group, a community; what upholds a universe of truth. What is the Gandhian conception of truth? The main part of the lecture, however, is on the history of the Indian presence in South Africa and Gandhi's early years there. What were the grievances of Indians in South Africa? Who were coolie and passenger Indians? Gandhi's first experince of racism in South Africa; he's thrown off a train when he traveled first class. Gandhi's insistence on the language of duty (versus rights). what was the indentured contract like? Critique of Gandhi's years in South Africa. Vinay Lal is an Indian historian. He is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politics of world history, the Indian diaspora, global politics, contemporary American politics, the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi, Hinduism, and the politics of knowledge systems.
Watch the playlist: Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lectures 19 https://rutube.ru/plst/1583914 Continuation of Lecture on the Gandhian Grammar of Dissent, and then the circumstances under which Gandhi went to South Africa. Lecture begins with the story of the slaying of Aswathama, and goes on to a discussion of dharma: the dharma of an individual, a caste group, a community; what upholds a universe of truth. What is the Gandhian conception of truth? The main part of the lecture, however, is on the history of the Indian presence in South Africa and Gandhi's early years there. What were the grievances of Indians in South Africa? Who were coolie and passenger Indians? Gandhi's first experince of racism in South Africa; he's thrown off a train when he traveled first class. Gandhi's insistence on the language of duty (versus rights). what was the indentured contract like? Critique of Gandhi's years in South Africa. Vinay Lal is an Indian historian. He is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politics of world history, the Indian diaspora, global politics, contemporary American politics, the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi, Hinduism, and the politics of knowledge systems.