Truth and Power

In this book, Darryl Naranjit analyzes Mahatma Gandhi's political philosophy. He contrasts Gandhi's philosophy with two modern western thinkers - Machiavelli and Nietzsche. He suggests that Gandhi goes back to ancient Indian philosophy to correct the 'immoderation' of modern civilization, which arises out of the denial of the possibility of truth and hence of the 'moral law of the universe'. One consequence of this is the separation of ethics from politics. Gandhi calls for a return to ancient Indian wisdom to combat this denial of truth and the separation of ethics from politics. What he calls for is a new civilization based on satya (truth) and ahimsa (non-violence). Such a warning is both timely and relevant to a world now caught up in a spiral of violence and hate.