Between Ethics and Politics

New Essays on Gandhi
Herausgeber: Pföstl, Eva

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Produktbeschreibung

Interrogating the ethical foundations of democracy, this volume provides an interdisciplinary understanding of key Gandhian concepts and their relevance to contemporary politics. It also re-interprets Gandhi¿s complex intellectual and political relations with other influential figures of Indian politics and culture such as B. R. Ambedkar, Rabindranath Tagore and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415710640
• ISBN-10: 0415710642
• Artikelnr.: 38076226

Autorenporträt

Eva Pföstl is Scientific Director, Law Department, Istituto di Studi Politici 'S. Pio V', Rome.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Akeel Bilgrami. Introduction Eva Pföstl. 1. The Struggle of Right
against Might: An Introduction to the Figure of Mahatma Gandhi Ugo Caruso
2. Some Reflections on Gandhi: Between Ethics and Politics Giuliano Pontara
3. Negating Violence: The Gandhi Way Neera Chandhoke 4. The Parallel Worlds
of the Moral and the Aesthetic: Gandhi and Tagore Ranabir Samaddar 5.
Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Sangita Mallik 6. M. K. Gandhi and B.
R. Ambedkar: Irreconcilable Differences Aakash Singh Rathore.