The Gandhian Circle of Moral Consideration: The French Revolutionary Legacy Reconstructed through the ‘Weight of Small Things’

Mahatma Gandhi read about the French Revolution in prison, as he explained in his 1942 Quit India speech, in which he also compared the experience of the Indian freedom struggle to the Russian Revolution. Addressing the All India Congress Committee at Bombay to outline a plan of action, he compared revolutions and reflected on what they revealed regarding strategy and practical ethics: