Gandhi: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Gandhi: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192854575

ISBN-10: 0192854577

ISBN-13: 9780192854575

Edition: 2001

Authors: Bhikhu Parekh

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Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest, which he made the basis of his successful struggle against British rule in India. In this Very Short Introduction to Gandhi's life and thought, Bhikhu Parekh outlines both Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. He looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression,…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English




Introduction



Religious thought



Theory of man and society



Economic and political thought



Non-violent method of action



Critical evaluation