Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo

ISBN-13: 9780367563080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 302 str.

Ananta Kumar Giri

Opis

This book presents the first systematic critical exploration of the philosophical and political thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo, both pioneers of modern Indian thought. It discusses their contemporary legacies, works and insights on historical, philosophical, theoretical, literary and sociological questions.

Spis treści

Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo: An Introduction and Invitation to the Adventure of Consciousness and World Transformations  Part I: Life, History and Visions  1. Gandhi, Aurobindo and the Idea of Swaraj as ‘Inclusive Freedom’  2. A Meeting That Never Happened: Unheard Dialogues Between Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi  3. Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and the Second World War  4. Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo: Reconstruction and Reformation of Philosophical Traditions  Part II: Reinterpretations of Indian and World Traditions and a New Hermeneutics of Transformations  5. Sundry Freedom Fighters: Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and Rudolf Steiner  6. Interpretation of the Bhagavadgītā during the Freedom Struggle in India and the Theory of Revision of Institutions: Understanding Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo  7. Interpreting the Bhagavadgita: Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo  8. India and the West in Encounter: Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj and Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on Indian Culture  9. Re-Reading Ananthamurthy’s Samskara: Perspectives from Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo  10. The Languages of Being Indian: Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi  Part III: Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and Contemporary Challenges of Integral Development, Social Transformations and Planetary Realizations  11. Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and a New Social Vision  12. Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and New Horizons of Sustainable Development  13. Towards Spirituality of the Environment: A Perspective from Sri Aurobindo and Gandhi  14. Social Practices of Citizenship: Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo  15. Ideal of Human Unity: Evolution of Human Society in Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy and Glimpses from Mahatma Gandhi’s Thinking  16. Decolonialization and the Anthropocene:  A Trajectory of Reflections on Radical Politics and Human Agency from Gandhi and Aurobindo to Bruno Latour. Afterwords:  Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo: Some Further Reflections. Gandhi and Aurobindo in the Age of Corona: Reflections on Transformative Leadership, End Times, and the Kali Yuga

O autorze

Ananta Kumar Giri is Professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.