The Impossible Indian : Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence / Faisal Devji.
2012
DS481.G3 D4465 2012eb
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Title
The Impossible Indian : Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence / Faisal Devji.
Author
Devji, Faisal, author.
ISBN
9780674068100
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (190 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674068100 doi
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DS481.G3 D4465 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
954.03/5092
Summary
This is a rare view of Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker willing to countenance the greatest violence in pursuit of a global vision that went beyond a nationalist agenda. Guided by his idea of ethical duty as the source of the self's sovereignty, he understood how life's "idian reality could be revolutionized to extraordinary effect.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 BASTARD HISTORY
2 A NATION MISPLACED
3 IN PRAISE OF PREJUDICE
4 BROTHERS IN ARMS
5 HITLER'S CONVERSION
6 LEAVING INDIA TO ANARCHY
CONCLUSION
NOTES
INDEX
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 BASTARD HISTORY
2 A NATION MISPLACED
3 IN PRAISE OF PREJUDICE
4 BROTHERS IN ARMS
5 HITLER'S CONVERSION
6 LEAVING INDIA TO ANARCHY
CONCLUSION
NOTES
INDEX