The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the Twenty-First Century

Herausgeber: Allen, Douglas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume shows how Gandhi's thought and action-oriented approach are significant, relevant, and urgently needed for addressing major contemporary problems and concerns, including issues of violence and nonviolence, war and peace, religious conflict and dialogue, terrorism, ethics, civil disobedience, injustice, modernism and postmodernism, oppression and exploitation, and environmental destruction. Appropriate for general readers and Gandhi specialists, this volume will be of interest for those in philosophy, religion, political science, history, cultural studies, peace studies, and many other fields.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780739122242
• ISBN-10: 073912224X
• Artikelnr.: 23511694

Autorenporträt

Douglas Allen is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maine.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Key Issues and Overview of Gandhi's Philosophy for
the Twenty-first Century Chapter 2 Gandhi and Interreligious Dialogue
Chapter 3 Bridging the Secular and the Spiritual Chapter 4 Mahatma Gandhi's
Philosophy of Violence, Nonviolence, and Education Chapter 5 Satyagraha and
the Right to Civil Disobedience Chapter 6 Three 9/11s: Satyagraha or
Terrorism Chapter 7 Nonviolence as a Civic Virtue: Gandhi and Reformed
Liberalism Chapter 8 Gandhi and Islam: A Heart-and-Mind Unity? Chapter 9
Gandhi's Religious Ethics Chapter 10 The Postmodern Discourse on Gandhi:
Modernity and Truth Chapter 11 The "Sanatani" Mahatma: Re-reading Gandhi
Post-Hindutva Chapter 12 Gandhi's Conception of a New Society Chapter 13
The Anatomy of a Nonviolent Revolution: A Comparative Analysis