Gandhi: an impossible possibility
"Gandhi was perhaps the most influential yet misunderstood figure in the 20th century. Drawing close attention to Gandhi's last years, this book explores the marked change in his understanding of the acceptance of non-violence by Indians. It points to a startling discovery Gandhi made in the years preceding India's Independence and Partition: the struggle for freedom which he had all along believed to be non-violent was in fact not so. He realised that there was a causal relationship between th…
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- Full title :Gandhi : an impossible possibility / Sudhir Chandra ; translated by Chitra Padmanabhan.
Summary
"Gandhi was perhaps the most influential yet misunderstood figure in the 20th century. Drawing close attention to Gandhi's last years, this book explores the marked change in his understanding of the acceptance of non-violence by Indians. It points to a startling discovery Gandhi made in the years preceding India's Independence and Partition: the struggle for freedom which he had all along believed to be non-violent was in fact not so. He realised that there was a causal relationship between the path of illusory ahimsa which had held sway during the freedom struggle and the violence that erupted thereafter during Partition. In the second edition of this much-acclaimed volume, Chandra revisits Gandhi's philosophy to explain how and why the phenomenon of the Mahatma has been understood and misunderstood through the years. Calling for a rethink of the very nature and foundation of modern India, this book throws new light on Gandhian philosophy and its far-reaching implications for the world today. It will interest not only scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, politics, and philosophy but also lay readers."--
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- Publication Date:©2020
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
Notes
"Originally published in Hindi as Gandhi ek asambhav sambhavna (2011) by Rajkamal Prakashan"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781000750638, 1000750639, 9780367854942, 0367854945, 9781000750850, 100075085X, 9781000750744, 1000750744, 9781315387307, 1315387301
- oclc:on1119125870
- LC Classification:DS481.G3
- Dewey Decimal:954.03/5092
Table of Contents
Introduction to the second edition : seeking to understand Gandhi -- Facing Gandhi : facing oneself -- Gandhi's swaraj -- Gandhi's sorrows -- The possibility of ahimsa? -- An impossible possibility?
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