Anxiety

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918freud-civwelt.html

What point was Freud making in this document? What was particularly new about this argument? Compare Freud's message with Spengler's in this excerpt from Decline of the West (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/spengler-decline.html). What do these arguments have in common? What were Europeans of this era "anxious" about?

Stalin

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/trotskyism.html

What was Stalin's argument in this 1924 speech? What did he see as the difference between Trotskyism and Leninism? Which option did he choose? What, if anything, in this text indicates a new direction for the U.S.S.R.?

Sun Yat-Sen

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/sunyat.html

What were Sun Yat-sen's motives in preparing this document? What were the three principles he promoted in this document? What exactly do these principles mean? How do the ideals stated in this text compare with those in Stalin's speech?

India

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1907tilak.html

What was the Indian National Congress? What does Tilak promote in this speech? What arguments does he use to support his point?

Now read this excerpt from Gandhi: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/gandhi.html.
What, if any, new ideas does he add? Why does he think of Indian home rule? What approach does he propose?