LEADER 03672nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910812099703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07487-4 010 $a0-674-07485-8 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674074859 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039100 035 $a(EBL)3301243 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000835404 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11432674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835404 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10989597 035 $a(PQKB)10190166 035 $a(DE-B1597)209816 035 $a(OCoLC)829713884 035 $a(OCoLC)979588812 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674074859 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301243 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10669200 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301243 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039100 100 $a20120207d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Gandhian moment$b[electronic resource] /$fRamin Jahanbegloo ; with a foreword by the Dalai Lama 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-06595-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Gandhi's inversion of modern political perception -- Principles of Gandhian politics -- The critique of modern civilization -- Gandhi's public philosophy: linking the moral with the political -- Gandhi's reception in India -- Gandhi and beyond -- Conclusion: Gandhi today. 330 $aGandhi is revered as a historic leader, the father of Indian independence, and the inspiration for nonviolent protest around the world. But the importance of these practical achievements has obscured Gandhi's stature as an extraordinarily innovative political thinker. Ramin Jahanbegloo presents Gandhi the political theorist-the intellectual founder of a system predicated on the power of nonviolence to challenge state sovereignty and domination. A philosopher and an activist in his own right, Jahanbegloo guides us through Gandhi's core ideas, shows how they shaped political protest from 1960's America to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond, and calls for their use today by Muslims demanding change. Gandhi challenged mainstream political ideas most forcefully on sovereignty. He argued that state power is not legitimate simply when it commands general support or because it protects us from anarchy. Instead, legitimacy depends on the consent of dutiful citizens willing to challenge the state nonviolently when it acts immorally. The culmination of the inner struggle to recognize one's duty to act, Jahanbegloo says, is the ultimate "Gandhian moment." Gandhi's ideas have motivated such famous figures as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. As Jahanbegloo demonstrates, they also inspired the unheralded Muslim activists Abul Kalam Azad and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, whose work for Indian independence answers those today who doubt the viability of nonviolent Islamic protest. The book is a powerful reminder of Gandhi's enduring political relevance and a pioneering account of his extraordinary intellectual achievements. 606 $aPassive resistance 606 $aNonviolence 615 0$aPassive resistance. 615 0$aNonviolence. 676 $a954.03/5092 700 $aJahanbegloo$b Ramin$01597752 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812099703321 996 $aThe Gandhian moment$93919638 997 $aUNINA