Gandhi in the Twenty First Century: Ideas and Relevance

ISBN-13: 9789811684784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 217 str.

Anshuman Behera; Shailesh Nayak

Opis

This book engages a multidisciplinary approach to understand Gandhi in addressing specific contemporary societal issues. The issues highlighted in the book through thirteen distinct, yet interrelated, themes offer solutions to the societal challenges through the prism of Gandhian  thought process. This edited book explores how ideas Gandhi expressed over a century ago can be applied today to issues from the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to peaceful resolution of conflicts. In particular, it looks at the contemporary societies' critical issues and offers solutions through the prism of Gandhian ideas. Written in an accessible style, this book reintroduces Gandhi to today's audiences in relevant terms.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

Chapter One

Gandhi in Twenty-First Century: Ideas and Relevance

Anshuman Behera & Shailesh Nayak

2. Democracy, Development and Swaraj

Chapter Two

Gandhi Oceanic Circle and Participatory Democracy

Arun Kumar Patnaik

Chapter Three

Sustainable Development Goals in Gandhi’s Thought Perspective

Sudarshan Iyengar

Chapter Four

The Great Tapasvi: The Ethics of Gandhi’s Politics:  Swabhava, Ramrajya, Satyagraha, Tapasya

Bindu Puri

Chapter Five

The Gandhian Paradigm: Contemporary Perspectives and Public Policy

Chetan Singai

3. Science, Values and Education

Chapter Six

Making of a Man: A Reading of Gandhi's Philosophy in 21st Century

Ranjan Kumar Panda

Chapter Seven

Between Fact and Value: Locating Gandhian Science

Subhashis Sahoo

Chapter Eight

Education for Un-alienated Life: Gandhi’s Ideas

Satyabrat Kar

4. Environment and Public Health

Chapter Nine

Resolving Environmental Crises: Gandhian Approach

Nibedita Priyadarshini Jena

Chapter Ten

Mahatma Gandhi’s Insights on Air Pollution

Satya Narayan Sahu

Chapter Eleven

Gandhi and Public Health in India

Rajnikant Srivastav

5. Conflict Resolution and Peace

Chapter Twelve

Peaceful Resolution of Violent Conflicts in India:  The Gandhian Way

Anshuman Behera

Chapter Thirteen

Gandhi’s Satya: Truth entails Peace.

Venkat Posina Rayudu

Chapter Fourteen

Dissent and Protest Movements in India: Revisiting Gandhi’s Ideas of Peaceful Protest

Ambikesh Kumar Tripathi

Chapter Fifteen

Mahatma Gandhi: Architect of Non-violent Conflict Resolution

Pascal Alan Nazareth

O autorze

Anshuman Behera is Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme at NIAS, Bengaluru. He earned a Doctorate Degree in Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telengana. He has co-edited a book on ‘Reasoning Indian Politics’ published by Routledge in 2018 and co-authored a book on ‘Militant Groups in South Asia’ published by Pentagon Press and IDSA in 2014. His research interests include social–political conflicts and conflict resolution, political processes in South Asia and political theory.  

Shailesh Nayak is Director of National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, and Chancellor of TERI Institute of Advanced Studies, New Delhi.  He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Geology from the M.S University of Baroda in 1980. Being  Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Chair, Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO) during 2008–2015, he had set up the state-of-the-art tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean and developed marine services. He was conferred the ISC Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award—2012.