Response to Hind Swaraj

Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj as a moral response to what he perceived as the evils of modern civilization. It was written in answer to the Indian rebel's tactics of violence and its archetype in South African society. In responding to violence as a method of attaining swaraj or self-rule, Gandhi explains violence as rooted in modern civilization. He demonstrates that violence is for India, a direct result of the values promoted by modern civilization. As long as modern civilization continued to shape India and its people, violence, he believed, would be the expected result. Therefore, in Hind Swaraj, he attempted to point out the dangerous elements of modern civilization that were leading to India's downfall.
His critique of modern civilization focuses on certain aspects of modernity. He exposes the faults associated with each one and shows how they spoil the simple, more pure lifestyle of traditional Indian culture.
Gandhi does more than simply reject the basic premises of modern ci...