Douglas Allen's central claim is Gandhi, when selectively appropriated and creatively reformulated and applied, is essential for formulating new positions that are more nonviolent and more sustainable. These provide resources and hope for dealing with our contemporary crises. Challenging us to consider nonviolent, moral, and truthful transformative alternatives today, the author presents Gandhi in the age of technology; after 9/11 and 26/11 terrorism; theBhagavad-Gita and Hind Swaraj; Vedanta; socialism; and marginality, caste, class, race, and oppressed others.
Douglas Allen's central claim is Gandhi, when selectively appropriated and creatively reformulated and applied, is essential for formulating new positions that are more nonviolent and more sustainable. These provide resources and hope for dealing with our contemporary crises. Challenging us to consider nonviolent, moral, and truthful transformative alternatives today, the author presents Gandhi in the age of technology; after 9/11 and 26/11 terrorism; theBhagavad-Gita and Hind Swaraj; Vedanta; socialism; and marginality, caste, class, race, and oppressed others.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Douglas Allen is Professor and former Chairperson of Philosophy at the University of Maine, U.S.A. He served as President of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy and is Series Editor of Lexington's Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion. Author and editor of 15 books and 150 book chapters and scholarly journal articles, he has been awarded Fulbright and Smithsonian grants to India. His Gandhi books include Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror; The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the Twenty-First Century; and Mahatma Gandhi. Allen has been a peace and justice scholar-activist, starting with the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Antiwar Movement; he has been deeply involved in many of the struggles central to Gandhi after 9/11. He had the honor of addressing the General Assembly on the United Nations International Day of Nonviolence, 2 October 2017. He may be reached at dallen@maine.edu.
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* Acknowledgements * 1. Introduction: The Relevance of Gandhi for India and the Contemporary World * 2. Gandhian Philosophy: Theoretical Basis with Primacy of Practice * 3. Is Gandhi a Vedantist? * 4. How Can Gandhi Interpret his Favorite Bhagavad-Gita as a Gospel of Nonviolence? * 5. Personal Reflections on Reading Hind Swaraj and Indian Reactions * 6. Is Gandhi's Approach to Technology Irrelevant in the Modern Age of Technology? * 7. Terrorism and Violence: Gandhi After 9/11/01 in the U.S. and 26/11/08 in India * 8. Gandhi and Socialism * 9. Rewriting Marginality: Minority Literature, Hermeneutical Insights, and Gandhian Challenges * Bibliography * Index * About the Author
* Acknowledgements * 1. Introduction: The Relevance of Gandhi for India and the Contemporary World * 2. Gandhian Philosophy: Theoretical Basis with Primacy of Practice * 3. Is Gandhi a Vedantist? * 4. How Can Gandhi Interpret his Favorite Bhagavad-Gita as a Gospel of Nonviolence? * 5. Personal Reflections on Reading Hind Swaraj and Indian Reactions * 6. Is Gandhi's Approach to Technology Irrelevant in the Modern Age of Technology? * 7. Terrorism and Violence: Gandhi After 9/11/01 in the U.S. and 26/11/08 in India * 8. Gandhi and Socialism * 9. Rewriting Marginality: Minority Literature, Hermeneutical Insights, and Gandhian Challenges * Bibliography * Index * About the Author
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