Gandhi in his time and ours : the global legacy of his ideas
A major new examination of one of the twentieth century's most inspirational and enigmatic figures
History
xiii, 338 pages ; 23 cm
9780231131148, 0231131143
52127756
1. Introduction : the Gandhian dialogic
2. An incorporative nationalism
Forging a nationalist hegemony
The disciplined nation
Invented histories of the nation
3. Dialogic resistance
Popular forms of mass resistance in India
Satyagraha
Individual conscience
Ahimsa
Satyagraha within the Indian polity
4. An alternative modernity
Hind Swaraj
A Gandhian civilisation
The constructive programme
Gandhi, socialism, and the doctrine of trusteeship
The Gandhian critique beyond India
5. Father of the nation
Gandhi's family life
Gandhi and sexual desire
Marriage and patriarchy
Women and Satyagraha
The critique of patriarchy
6. Dalit and Adivasi assertion
Dalits
Adivasis
Dalits, Adivasis, and the Indian nation
7. Fighting religious hatreds
Gandhi, Muslims, and Hindu nationalists
The 'national duty' of the Hindu patriot
Gandhi and Christianity
Partition and Gandhi's 'finest hour'
Gandhian anti-communal work since independence
8. Gandhian activism in India after independence
The Bhoodan and Gramdan movements
The Naxalite alternative
The JP movement
JP's 'total revolution'
The Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Vahini
Women and anti-liquor movements in India
Vahini and women's rights
Chipko Andolan
Narmada Bachao Andolan
Gandhian activism since 1980
9. Gandhi's global legacy
Some contemporary Western reactions
Gandhi and the Pacifist movement
Gandhian resistance on a world stage
The African-American struggle in the USA
The revolt against apartheid in South Africa
Petra Kelly and the German greens
10. The moral activists' lonely path to martyrdom