The global Gandhi : essays in comparative political philosophy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jahanbegloo, Ramin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.

Gandhi.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Summary:

This book is a comparative study of Gandhi's philosophy and analyses his relevance to modern political thought. It traces the intellectual origins of Gandhi's non-violence as well as his engagement with prominent Western thinkers. An invaluable resource for the contemporary mind, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, political thought, Gandhi studies, and philosophy.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Gandhi and the otherness of the other

1 Gandhi and Thoreau: the duty to disobey

2 Gandhi and Tolstoy: desperate old men wandering like Oedipus at Colonus

3 Beyond violence: a comparative analysis of Hannah Arendt and Mahatma Gandhi

4 Two concepts of pluralism: a comparative study of Mahatma Gandhi and Isaiah Berlin

5 Gandhi and Castoriadis: self-government andautonomy

6 Gandhi and Abdul Ghaffar Khan: critique of religious fanaticism

7 Gandhi and the Khilafat

8 The Gandhian vision of democracy

Conclusion: Gandhi and the Global Satyagraha

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-429-95755-6

0-429-49132-8

0-429-95756-4

9780429491320

OCLC:

1029487416