Gandhi's Moral Politics

ISBN-13: 9780367890711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 148 str.

Naren Nanda

Opis

This volume explores the scope and limits of Mahatma Gandhi's moral politics and its implications for Indian and other freedom movements — his role in the choice of destination by Indian Muslim refugees, as well as his waning influence over political events and his predicament amid the violence and turmoil in the years

Spis treści

List of illustrations. Notes on contributors. Preface 1. Mahatma Gandhi, B. R. Nanda, and the Historians: An Introductory Essay 2. Gandhi and Punjab 3. Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: The Limits of Moral Politics 4. Why Gandhi Matters 5. Unity or Partition: Mahatma Gandhi’s Last Stand, 1945–1948 6. Princes, subjects and Gandhi: Alternatives to Citizenship at the end of empire 7. Gandhi, Customs and Excise and the Democracy of Objects. Index

O autorze

Naren Nanda is Chairman of the B. R. Nanda Trust and is based in the United Kingdom.