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Record Nr.

UNISA996218163403316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to Gandhi / / edited by Judith M. Brown, Anthony Parel [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-80094-9

0-511-92116-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

[Cambridge companions to religion]

Disciplina

954.03/5092

B

Soggetti

Statesmen - India

Pacifists - India

Civil rights workers - India

Political activists - India

Nationalists - India

India Politics and government 1919-1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gandhi's world / Yasmin Khan -- Gandhi 1869-1915 : the transnational emergance of a public figure / Jonathan Hyslop -- Gandhi as a nationalist leader, 1915-1948 / Judith M. Brown -- Gandhi's key writings : in search of unity . Tridip Suhrud -- Gandhi's religion and its religion snf its relation to his politics / Akeel Bilgrami -- Conflcit and nonviolence / Ronald J. Terchek -- Gandhi's moral economics : the sins of wealth without work and commerce without morality / Thomas Weber -- Gandhi and the state / Anthony Parel -- Gandhi and social relations / Tanika Sarkar -- Literary and visual portrayals of Gandhi / Harish Trivedi -- Gandhi in independent India / Anthony Parel -- Gandhi's global legacy / David Hardiman.

Sommario/riassunto

Even today, six decades after his assassination in January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi is still revered as the father of the Indian nation. His intellectual and moral legacy, and the example of his life and politics, serve as an inspiration to human rights and peace movements, political activists and students. This book, comprised of essays by renowned



experts in the fields of Indian history and philosophy, traces Gandhi's extraordinary story. The first part of the book explores his transformation from a small-town lawyer during his early life in South Africa into a skilled political activist and leader of civil resistance in India. The second part is devoted to Gandhi's key writings and his thinking on a broad range of topics, including religion, conflict, politics and social relations. The final part reflects on Gandhi's image and on his legacy in India, the West, and beyond.