Discuss Gandhi's critique of Modern Civilisation.
Mahatma Gandhi was an early critic of the dehumanising character of the modern industrial civilisation which he described as "Satanic". He put his ideas in a small booklet called "Hind Swaraj" which he wrote.in 1908. 'Hindi Swaraj' contains the seeds of Gandhian revolution, a "whole theory of life" as he himself characterised it. It has been aptly termed as "seminal" by MahaO.ev Desai, his long time associate and Private Secretary. "Hind Swaraj" is a severe condemnation of modern civilisaton. It provides a clue to the diagnosis of the disease that is eating into the vitals of modern civilisation. Gandhi questioned the very nature of life dictated by modern industrialism. He found fault with existing conditionalities of industrialism, because it does not conform with mankind's deepest aspirations which answers its spiritual needs. Gandhi clearly analysed that the fault lies with "the stark materialism which transformed the main motive of industry from creative self-expression to profit making, whence
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