Re-reading Hind Swaraj (eBook, PDF)

Modernity and Subalterns
Redaktion: Shah, Ghanshyam

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Through critical re-readings of Hind Swaraj, this book examines whether Gandhi's thoughts, values and vision are relevant to understanding the contemporary socio-politico-economic situation, marked by ethnic conflicts, terrorism, economic insecurity and moral degeneration. In particular, it explores the relationship between modernity and

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000087765
• Artikelnr.: 60582060

Autorenporträt

Ghanshyam Shah is National Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and formerly Professor, Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi; and Director and Professor, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Gujarat.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgements. Glossary. Introduction Ghanshyam
Shah. 1. Reading Hind Swaraj Tridip Suhrud 2. Beyond Hind and Its Swaraj:
Re-Reading Gandhi's Hind Swaraj Avadhesh Kumar Singh 3. Hind Swaraj: A Lost
Discourse? Sudhir Chandra 4. Towards an Aesthetic of Slowness: Reading
Hind Swaraj Today Aditya Nigam 5. The Tension Between Radical and
Conservative Gandhi: Subaltern Responsibility for Subordination Ajay Skaria
6. Perspective from Below: My Sisters, Swaraj is Ours to Take! Ela R. Bhatt
7. Ethics of Technological Modernity: Reading Hind Swaraj towards
Critiquing Craig Venter's Synthetic Biology Esha Shah 8. Gandhi, Hind
Swaraj and Hindu-Muslim Relations Anwar Alam 9. Mahatma Gandhi and Osama
bin Laden: An Imaginary Dialogue Bhikhu Parekh 10. Measuring Truth: The
Importance of Dhamma V. Geetha 11. A Vision for Difficult Terrain Martin
Macwan 12. Hind Swaraj: A Moralist's Outcry against Globalisation
Ghanshyam Shah. About the Editor. Notes on Contributors. Index