Impossible Indian - Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence

Informationen zum Autor Faisal Devji Klappentext This is a rare view of Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker willing to countenance the greatest violence in pursuit of a global vision that went beyond a nationalist agenda. Guided by his idea of ethical duty as the source of the self¿s sovereignty, he understood how life¿s quotidian reality could be revolutionized to extraordinary effect.

Product details

• Authors: Faisal Devji, Devji Faisal
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2012
• EAN: 9780674066724
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06672-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Asia, HISTORY / General, India, Politics & government, social and political philosophy, Asian History, Political structure and processes, National liberation and independence