Gandhi and Liberalism: Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

ISBN-13: 9780367277550 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 282 str.

Vinit Haksar

Opis

One of the main themes running through Gandhi’s life and work was the battle against evil. This book offers a fascinating reconstruction of Gandhi and the doctrine of ahimsa or non-violence.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements. Introduction PART ONE 1. Violence in a Spirit of Love: Gandhi and the Limits of Non-Violence 2. Necessary Evil: Justification, Excuse or Pardon 3. Indian Secularism and Religious Accommodation: Liberal Balancing and Diversity with Harmony PART TWO 4. Civil Disobedience as a Form of Address 5. Non-Co-operation and Coercion 6. The Right to Civil Disobedience 7. Conclusion. Appendix to Chapter One. Appendix to Chapter Three. Index

O autorze

Vinit Haksar has taught Philosophy at the Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Oxford, UK. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Fellow, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh. He has held many visiting professorships including John Milton Scott Visiting Professorship, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire and Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has written several books including Equality, Liberty and Perfectionism (1979); Indivisible Selves and Moral Practice (1991); Rights, Communities and Disobedience (2001), and has published extensively in anthologies and international journals of philosophy, politics and law, apart from delivering many public lectures.