Comparative Study of Gandhism and Communism (Specified)

Both Gandhi and Marx looked at economic inequality and called it a moral emergency. One reached for class struggle and revolution; the other reached for trusteeship and a change of heart. This final topic in the module sets Gandhism and communism side by side to show how two radical critiques of inequality can prescribe almost opposite remedies.

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Gandhism and communism both criticise economic inequality sharply, but Gandhism seeks change through non-violence, trusteeship and moral transformation of the individual, while communism seeks change through class struggle, revolution and the abolition of private ownership — a contrast of method and of underlying view of human nature.

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