Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays Gandhi in the World and at Home

Name: Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays Gandhi in the World and at Home
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ISBN: 9780226731247

ISBN-10: 0226731243

ISBN-13: 9780226731247

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph

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Gandhi, with his loincloth and walking stick, seems an unlikely advocate of postmodernism. But in "Postmodern Gandhi", Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph portray him as just that in eight thought-provoking essays that aim to correct the common association of Gandhi with traditionalism. Combining core sections of their influential book "Gandhi: The Traditional Roots of Charisma" with substantial new material, the Rudolphs reveal here that Gandhi was able to revitalize tradition while simultaneously breaking with some of its entrenched values and practices. Exploring his influence both in India and abroad, they tell the story of how in London the young activist was shaped by the antimodern "other…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Preface






Postmodern Gandhi




The Road Not Taken: The Modernist Roots of Partition




Gandhi in the Mind of America




The Coffee House and the Ashram Revisited: How Gandhi Democratized Habermas' Public Sphere







The Fear of Cowardice




Gandhi and the New Courage




Self-Control and Political Potency




This-Worldly Asceticism and Political Modernization



Index