Between Ethics and Politics: New Essays on Gandhi

ISBN-13: 9780415710640 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 196 str.

Eva Pfostl

Opis

Interrogating the ethical foundations of democracy, this volume provides an interdisciplinary understanding of key Gandhian concepts and their relevance to contemporary politics. It also re-interprets Gandhi s complex intellectual and political relations with other influential figures of Indian politics and culture such as B. R. Ambedkar, Rabindranath Tagore and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Spis treści

Foreword Akeel Bilgrami. Introduction Eva Pföstl. 1. The Struggle of Right against Might: An Introduction to the Figure of Mahatma Gandhi Ugo Caruso 2. Some Reflections on Gandhi: Between Ethics and Politics Giuliano Pontara 3. Negating Violence: The Gandhi Way Neera Chandhoke 4. The Parallel Worlds of the Moral and the Aesthetic: Gandhi and Tagore Ranabir Samaddar 5. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Sangita Mallik 6. M. K. Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar: Irreconcilable Differences Aakash Singh Rathore.

O autorze

Eva Pföstl is Scientific Director, Law Department, Istituto di Studi Politici ‘S. Pio V’, Rome.