The Role of Enlightened Anarchy in Mahatma Gandhi's Future Plan for India | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

ABSTRACT

Mahatma K. Gandhi was one of the political and spiritual pioneers of the 20th century. His utopian impulses weakened his appeal's universality and clouded the core principles of the Indian people. In that they support a traditional, morally upright, and apolitical India, Gandhi's ideas are anarchist. Hind Swaraj, which was published in 1909 and offers a methodical explanation of Gandhi's thoughts on the state, society, and country, is the closest Gandhi came to publishing a work of political philosophy. He advocated anarchy as one of numerous conditions for real swaraj, or self-rule, rather than as an end in and of itself. With the help of satyagraha, Indians might more easily adopt the spiritually enlightened lifestyles of their ancestors (non-violent spiritual opposition). Gandhi's future ideas were somewhat vague; therefore some academics have been hesitant to accept this interpretation of him. Gandhi was "delightfully ambiguous" regarding the precise type of governance that should be pursued, according to Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister and renowned figure. Nevertheless, I contend in this article that there is enough data to compile Gandhi's predictions for the future. The Hind Swaraj, which was published in 1909 and has been referred to as "the closest he got to construct a sustained book of political philosophy," contains the fullest embodiment of his beliefs.