The Impossible Indian
Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence
Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Faisal Devji | ISBN: | 9780674070639 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Faisal Devji |
| ISBN: | 9780674070639 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
This is a rare view of Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker willing to countenance the greatest violence in pursuit of a global vision that went beyond a nationalist agenda. Guided by his idea of ethical duty as the source of the self’s sovereignty, he understood how life’s quotidian reality could be revolutionized to extraordinary effect.
This is a rare view of Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker willing to countenance the greatest violence in pursuit of a global vision that went beyond a nationalist agenda. Guided by his idea of ethical duty as the source of the self’s sovereignty, he understood how life’s quotidian reality could be revolutionized to extraordinary effect.
