Gandhi

By Jacques Attali

An exhaustive biography of the man still considered the conscience of the nation of India, this exploration of Mohandas Gandhi's life stretches from his childhood among the Gujarati merchants, through his time as a student in England, his years as a lawyer in South Africa, and his return to the Indian subcontinent and subsequent anticolonialist and nonviolent activities, to, ultimately, his assassination in 1948. Attali avoids both hagiography and hatchet job, presenting rather an objective, complete portrait of a man who has influenced leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, but who was not without his own weaknesses and contradictions.

Un biograf?a exhaustiva del hombre todav?a considerado como la conciencia de la naci?n de la India, esta exploraci?n de la vida de Mohandas Gandhi abarca el periodo desde su infancia entre los comerciantes de Gujarat, pasando por sus estudios en Inglaterra, sus a?os de abogado en Sud?frica y su regreso al subcontinente indio y subsiguiente acci?n anticolonial y no violenta, hasta llegar, finalmente, a su asesinato en 1948. Attali cae ni en la adulaci?n ni en la cr?tica destructiva, presentando m?s bien un retrato objetivo y completo de un hombre que influy? l?deres como el Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr. y Nelson Mandela, pero que tambi?n ten?a sus faltas y contradicciones.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8472456935
• ISBN13: 9788472456938
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Editorial Kairos
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"