Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lecture 2 of 19, March 31, 2026
Watch the playlist: Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lectures 19 https://rutube.ru/plst/1583914 Three issues are discussed in this lecture: the political and intellectual history of India in the 19th century; the cultural and religious milieu in which he grew up; and the political history of Gandhi, as it were, until his departure for South Africa. Some considerations: The machinery of administration in colonial India; political set-up in British India; Porbandar a coastal city; culture of coastal cities; princely/native states; Gujaratis a trading and diasporic people; Indian Ocean trading system; status of women in 19th century India; Protestantization of Hinduism; social reform movements in India, 19th century; fasting in India; waht do the "sacred" and being "devout" mean today; foudning of the Indian National Congress 1885; the INC as a model organization. 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 Three issues are discussed in this lecture: the political and intellectual history of India in the 19th century; the cultural and religious milieu in which he grew up; and the political history of Gandhi, as it were, until his departure for South Africa. Some considerations: The machinery of administration in colonial India; political set-up in British India; Porbandar a coastal city; culture of coastal cities; princely/native states; Gujaratis a trading and diasporic people; Indian Ocean trading system; status of women in 19th century India; Protestantization of Hinduism; social reform movements in India, 19th century; fasting in India; waht do the "sacred" and being "devout" mean today; foudning of the Indian National Congress 1885; the INC as a model organization. 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.