Re: Orwell on Gandhi

--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
>
> If not, then what's the point of his disagreement?

I apologize for returning to this so late, but I've been out of town and
out of touch. However, the point of the essay seemed to address the folly
of pacifism, specifically with World War II in mind. In order to defeat
Gandhi's pacifism, I think Orwell needed to tear apart all of Gandhi, not
just some of him. It's a rather fascinating essay, if you can manage to
get your hands on it. I found it in an anthology called _The Art of the
Essay_ by Lydia Fakudiny.

> All he can say is that most people would rather not be saints. In
> Ghandi's tradition, the saint was a rare person anyhow. So how
> does Orwell really speak to Ghandi at all?

I think that's true in any tradition. Orwell's point, I think, was to
show the flawed logic in such an enterprise, for many would define a saint
as a lover of their fellow humans. Orwell showed that a saint is not an
humanist at all.

Much like old Seymour, don't you think?

Regards,
Cecilia.

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Received on Tue Aug 27 02:44:05 2002