The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence

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 "idi...

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Main Author: Devji, Faisal (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2012]
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Summary: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 "idian reality could be revolutionized to extraordinary effect
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Dez 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (190 Seiten)
ISBN:9780674068100
DOI:10.4159/harvard.9780674068100

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