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The unGandhian Gandhi : the life and afterlife of the Mahatma / Claude Markovits ; translated from the French by the author.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Anthem South Asian studiesPublisher: London : Anthem Press, 2004Description: vi, 173 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1843311267
  • 9781843311263
  • 1843311275
  • 9781843311270
Other title:
  • Un-Gandhian Gandhi
Uniform titles:
  • Gandhi. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.035092 22
LOC classification:
  • DS481.G3 M316713 2004
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- I.. Perceptions of Gandhi -- 1. Images of Gandhi -- Gandhian Iconography -- Gandhi and the West: The Saint and His Critiques -- Gandhi's Image in France -- Gandhi on the Screen: Consecration of the Icon -- Gandhi in Indian Eyes: Diversity of Perceptions and Practices -- 2. The Impossible Biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi -- Gandhi's Biographers -- Gandhi and the Limitations of Biography as a Genre -- Gandhi as His Own Biographer: The Autobiography -- 3. Gandhi's Posthumous Life -- Gandhi in India After 1948: A Disputed Legacy -- Gandhism and Its Interpreters -- Gandhi and Political Philosophy -- Gandhi, Political Ecology, and Alternative Movements -- II.. Gandhi in History -- 4. Birth of a Leader -- Private Life, Public Life -- The Contribution of South Africa -- The Emergence of a National Leader in 1915-1920 -- The Transformation of Gandhi: Towards a New Political Idiom -- 5. Gandhi and Indian Independence -- Gandhi and the End of Fear -- Gandhi as an Organizer -- Gandhi's Role in Anti-British Campaigns, 1920-1942 -- 6. Gandhi and Indian Society: The Reformer and His Legacy -- Gandhi and the Dignity of Manual Labour -- Gandhi and the Reconstruction of the Indian Village -- Gandhi and the Fight for the Abolition of Untouchability -- 7. Gandhi in the Time-frame of Indian History -- Between Victorian Intellectual and Neo-traditionalist Hindu -- Gandhi and Bourgeois Nationalism -- The Nature of Gandhi's Charisma -- Gandhi and the Expectations of the Peasantry -- 8. Gandhi and Non-violence -- Non-violent Resistance: Gandhi's Contribution -- From Satyagraha to Non-violence: A Gandhian Itinerary -- Nationalism and Non-violence in India in Gandhi's Lifetime: Myth and Reality -- Gandhi and the Pacifists -- The Exemplary Nature of Gandhian Non-violence -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- I.. Perceptions of Gandhi -- 1. Images of Gandhi -- Gandhian Iconography -- Gandhi and the West: The Saint and His Critiques -- Gandhi's Image in France -- Gandhi on the Screen: Consecration of the Icon -- Gandhi in Indian Eyes: Diversity of Perceptions and Practices -- 2. The Impossible Biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi -- Gandhi's Biographers -- Gandhi and the Limitations of Biography as a Genre -- Gandhi as His Own Biographer: The Autobiography -- 3. Gandhi's Posthumous Life -- Gandhi in India After 1948: A Disputed Legacy -- Gandhism and Its Interpreters -- Gandhi and Political Philosophy -- Gandhi, Political Ecology, and Alternative Movements -- II.. Gandhi in History -- 4. Birth of a Leader -- Private Life, Public Life -- The Contribution of South Africa -- The Emergence of a National Leader in 1915-1920 -- The Transformation of Gandhi: Towards a New Political Idiom -- 5. Gandhi and Indian Independence -- Gandhi and the End of Fear -- Gandhi as an Organizer -- Gandhi's Role in Anti-British Campaigns, 1920-1942 -- 6. Gandhi and Indian Society: The Reformer and His Legacy -- Gandhi and the Dignity of Manual Labour -- Gandhi and the Reconstruction of the Indian Village -- Gandhi and the Fight for the Abolition of Untouchability -- 7. Gandhi in the Time-frame of Indian History -- Between Victorian Intellectual and Neo-traditionalist Hindu -- Gandhi and Bourgeois Nationalism -- The Nature of Gandhi's Charisma -- Gandhi and the Expectations of the Peasantry -- 8. Gandhi and Non-violence -- Non-violent Resistance: Gandhi's Contribution -- From Satyagraha to Non-violence: A Gandhian Itinerary -- Nationalism and Non-violence in India in Gandhi's Lifetime: Myth and Reality -- Gandhi and the Pacifists -- The Exemplary Nature of Gandhian Non-violence -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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