PACS 164 A Lecture 8: Gandhis Arrival in South Africa to the Birth of Satyagraha (1893 1906)

In this lecture, Professor Nagler finishes outlining the first phase of Gandhi s life, as it is portrayed in the book Gandhi: The Nagler describes Gandhi s work in South Africa as a lawyer, his discovery of religion, and the selftraining he endured as a child in order to become a fearless revolutionary as an adult. Nagler describes the events and figures in this history such as the Roundtable Conference of 1931, Gandhi s adversary, General Smuts, the famous meeting of free Indians on September 11th who met to sign a pledge declaring their commitment to resist the British Asiatic Act, the Zulu Rebellion, and the resistance gathering of 40, 000 Satyagrahis in 1912. Nagler finishes by discussing Gandhi s Doctrine of Trusteeship, his famous vow of brahmacharya, the concepts of people power vs. person power over state power, Boulding s the Sacrific Trap, and finally, Gandhi s writing of Hi