CHAPTER Ⅰ：INTRODUCTION 3
CHAPTER Ⅱ：SATYAGRAHA：ITS BASIC PRECEPTS 15
Truth 16
Non-violence 23
Self-suffering 26
The Role of the Individual 29
The Relationship of the Three Elements in Satyagraha 31
The Problem of Means in Satyagraha 32
CHAPTER Ⅲ：SATYAGRAHA AS APPLIED SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTION 36
The Essentials of Satyagraha in Action 38
Fundamental Rules 38
Code of Discipline 39
Steps in a Satyagraha Campaign 40
Satyagraha or Duragraha？ 41
An Analysis of Five Satyagraha Campaigns 45
The Vykom Temple Road Satyagraha 46
Summary Analysis of the Vykom Temple Road Satyagraha 50
The Bardoli Campaign of Peasants Against the Government of Bombay 53
Summary Analysis of the Bardoli Campaign 61
The Ahmedabad Labor Satyagraha 65
Summary Analysis of the Ahmedabad Labor Satyagraha 71
Nationwide Satyagraha Against the Rowlatt Bills 73
Summary Analysis of the Satyagraha Against the Rowlatt Bills 82
The Salt Satyagraha 88
Summary Analysis of the Salt Satyagraha 100
Concluding Note on the Five Campaigns 102
CHAPTER Ⅳ：HINDU TRADITION AND SATYAGRAHA：THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GANDHIAN INNOVATIONS 105
Satya 108
Ahimsa 111
Tapasya 113
The Concepts of Karma and Non-attachment 115
The Traditional Methods of Hartal，Fast，Dharna 118
The Character of Gandhi＇s Appeal 120
Satyagraha in an Islamic Setting 131
Conclusion 144
CHAPTER Ⅴ：CONSERVATIVE OR ANARCHIST？A NOTE ON GANDHI AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 146
Gandhi and Conservatism 148
Respect for the Wisdom of Established Institutions 149
Religious institutions 151
Property 153
Continuity in the Historical Changes of the Social System 159
Impotence of Individual Will and Reason 164
Attachment of Members of a Society to Their Stations 167
Anarchist Elements in Gandhian Thought 172
Conclusion 188
CHAPTER Ⅵ：THE GANDHIAN DIALECTIC AND POLITICAL THEORY 189
A Theoretical Statement of Satyagraha 190
How the Gandhian Dialectic Operates 192
Satyagraha versus Compromise 196
The Element of Sacrifice 198
Hegelian，Marxian，and Gandhian Dialectic 198
The Failure of Traditional Political Theory 199
Conservatism and the Problem of Means 200
Authoritarian Idealism and the Problem of Means 211
Liberal Democratic Theory 214
The Operation of Satyagraha against a Totalitarian Regime 225
A Note on the Functioning of Suffering in Satyagraha 227
Ends-means as Convertible Terms 229
Notes 233
Bibliography 249
Glossary 257
Index 261