Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lecture 19 of 19, June 2, 2026
Watch the playlist: Vinay Lal - Moral & Political Thought of Gandhi, Lectures 19 https://rutube.ru/plst/1583914 University of California, Los Angeles. A few thoughts on the decline of the English language; then we continue our discussion of nation, nation-state, and civilization. What is the problem of categories? What is this anxiety of influence so prevalent among the Indian middle class? Why do Indians seek validation of their importance in things like Olympic records, the Guinness Book of World Records, and so on? Isn't this what Gandhi criticized? Modern education doesn't allow for political thinking. I briefly discuss the shortcomings of my own elite education. What are the conditions for dialogue? Gandhi advocated the idea that we should act globally and think locally. 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 University of California, Los Angeles. A few thoughts on the decline of the English language; then we continue our discussion of nation, nation-state, and civilization. What is the problem of categories? What is this anxiety of influence so prevalent among the Indian middle class? Why do Indians seek validation of their importance in things like Olympic records, the Guinness Book of World Records, and so on? Isn't this what Gandhi criticized? Modern education doesn't allow for political thinking. I briefly discuss the shortcomings of my own elite education. What are the conditions for dialogue? Gandhi advocated the idea that we should act globally and think locally. 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.