The unGandhian Gandhi : the life and afterlife of the Mahatma /
Un-Gandhian Gandhi
Claude Markovits ; translated from the French by the author.
- vi, 173 pages ; 24 cm.
- Anthem South Asian studies .
- Anthem South Asian studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Perceptions of Gandhi -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Gandhi in History -- 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 -- Gandhi and Indian Independence -- Gandhi and the End of Fear -- Gandhi as an Organizer -- Gandhi's Role in Anti-British Campaigns, 1920-1942 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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. I.. 1. 2. 3. II.. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.