Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction - Couverture souple

Parekh, Bhikhu

 
9780192854575: Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0192854577 ISBN 13 : 9780192854575
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest, which he made the basis of his successful struggle against British rule in India.

In this Very Short Introduction to Gandhi's life and thought, Bhikhu Parekh outlines both Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. He looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. He also considers how the success of Gandhi's principles was limited by his lack of coherent theories of evil, and of state and power, and how his hostility to modern civilization impeded his appreciation of its complexity.

Gandhi's life and thought has had an enormous impact both within and outside India, and he continues to be widely revered, as one of the greatest moral and political leaders of the twentieth century.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bhikhu Parekh is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hull. His publications include Ghandhi's Political Philosophy, Crisis and Change in Contemporary India, The Decolonization of Imagination, and Critical Assessments of Jeremy Bentham (4 volumes).

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0192854577
ISBN 13 
9780192854575
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
160
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