Gandhi in Contemporary Times

List of contents

List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction S K Srivastava 1. Spirituality and Plurality of Religions: A Gandhian Perspective Mrinal Miri 2. Mahatma Gandhi and Religious Freedom Arvind Sharma 3. Religious Conflicts: A Critique of Gandhian Methods Ashok Vohra 4. Interfacing Ambedkar and Gandhi Valerian Rodrigues 5. Gandhi’s Imagination of Muslims Hilal Ahmed 6. Gandhi, Kant and Superstition Apaar Kumar 7. The Technology Driven Modern World and Gandhi Anoop George 8. Negotiating Differences in a Gandhian Way: Ahimsa, Love, Compassion and the Gift of Fearlessness Bindu Puri. Index.

About the author

S K Srivastava is a consultant surgeon. Apart from publishing papers in professional medical journals, he has edited Modern Concepts of Surgery (1992) and is the author of Breast Care and Cancer (1999). He has been a freelance commentator on social, political, and health-related issues for national dailies. His interests include sociology and Gandhian studies. He blogs on a variety of issues. He organizes the VIRAJ Lecture Series at India Habitat Centre New Delhi.
Ashok Vohra is former Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University. He is also the former director of Gandhi Bhavan and Dean of the Arts Faculty, University of Delhi. He has published a number of books and research papers on wide-ranging philosophical themes including Gandhian thought. He has authored Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mind and translated Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, On Certainty, and Culture and Value into Hindi.

Summary

This volume brings together essays which discuss and contextualise Gandhi’s ideas on pluralism, religious identity, non-violence, and satyagraha. It interrogates the epistemic foundations of Gandhian thinking and weltanschauung, identifies diverse strands within his arguments, and gives it new meaning in contemporary society.

Product details

• Authors: S K Vohra Srivastava
• Assisted by: S K Srivastava (Editor), Ashok Vohra (Editor), Vohra Ashok (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780815366065
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6606-5
• No. of pages: 114
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Philosophy, Society & culture: general, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Society and culture: general, Regional Geography, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy