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Autore: | Howard Veena R |
Titolo: | Gandhi's ascetic activism [[electronic resource] ] : renunciation and social action / / Veena R. Howard |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina: | 294.5447 |
Soggetto topico: | Asceticism - Hinduism |
Celibacy - Religious aspects - Hinduism | |
Passive resistance | |
Nonviolence | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""Gandhi�s Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Symbols from Indian Language: Vocabulary and Transliteration""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Challenging the Philosophical Presupposition: Gandhi�s Unconventional Synthesis of Asceticism and Activism""; ""Chapter Two: Gandhi�s Alternative Paradigm: From Traditional Principles to New Political Purposes""; ""Chapter Three: The Traditional Roots of Gandhi�s Brahmacarya"" |
""Chapter Four: Gandhi�s Unorthodox Brahmacarya: Reinterpreting Private Religious Practice for Public Service""""Chapter Five: Gandhi�s Embodiment of Legendary Heroes and Ascetics: Toward a Coherent Narrative for Nonviolent Activism""; ""Conclusion: Gandhi�s Dynamic Synthesis of Renunciation and Social Action""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Gandhi's ascetic activism |
ISBN: | 1-4384-4558-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453246403321 |
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