PACS 164A Lecture 8: Gandhi’s 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 Man.“ Nagler describes Gandhi’s work in South Africa as a lawyer, his discovery of religion, and the self-training 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