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Gandhi: a very short introduction

By: Parekh, BhikhuMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2001 Description: 140 pISBN: 9780192854575Subject(s): Gandhi, Mahatma | Political and social views | StatesmenDDC classification: 954.035092 Summary: Description Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. His life and thought has had an enormous impact on the Indian nation, and he continues to be widely revered - known before and after his death by assassination as Mahatma, the Great Soul. Gandhi's life and thought have been immensely influential, and his strategy of non-violent opposition to unjust laws forms the core of contemporary protest movements Bhikhu Parekh is a leading authority on Gandhi and on Indian politics Concentrates on Gandhi's role as a thinker, and the influence of his ideas — in particular his spiritual view of politics, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
1:Life and Work
2:Religious thought
3:Human Nature
4:Satyagraha
5:The Critique of Modernity
6:The Vision of a Non-Violent Society
7:Critical Appreciation
Glossary
Further Reading
Index

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. His life and thought has had an enormous impact on the Indian nation, and he continues to be widely revered - known before and after his death by assassination as Mahatma, the Great Soul.

Gandhi's life and thought have been immensely influential, and his strategy of non-violent opposition to unjust laws forms the core of contemporary protest movements
Bhikhu Parekh is a leading authority on Gandhi and on Indian politics
Concentrates on Gandhi's role as a thinker, and the influence of his ideas — in particular his spiritual view of politics, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship

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