Gandhi and Tagore - Politics, Truth and Conscience

Informationen zum Autor Gangeya Mukherji is Reader in English at Mahamati Prannath Mahavidyalaya, Mau-Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India. Klappentext This book brings together political thought of Gandhi and Tagore to examine the relationship between politics, truth and conscience. It examines in nuanced detail Tagore's opposition to political violence in colonial Bengal and the scope of Gandhi's nonviolence and satyagraha to offer an exploration of the first principles of ethical politics as conceived by these two and in the process discusses truth and conscience as viable public virtues. Zusammenfassung This book brings together the political thought of Gandhi and Tagore to examine the relationship between politics, truth and conscience. It explores truth and conscience as viable public virtues with regard to two exemplars of ethical politics, addressing in turn the concerns of an evolving modern Indian political community. The comprehensive and textually argued discussion frames the subject of the validity of ethical politics in inhospitable contexts such as the fanatically despotic state and energised nationalism. The book studies in nuanced detail Tagore’s opposition to political violence in colonial Bengal, the scope of non-violence and satyagraha as recommended by Gandhi to Jews in Nazi Germany, his response to the complexity of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the differently constituted nationalism of Gandhi and Tagore. It presents their famous debate in a new light, embedded within the dynamics of cultural identification, political praxis and the capacity of a community to imbibe the principles of ethical politics. Comprehensive and perceptive in analysis, this book will be a valuable addition for scholars and researchers of political science with specialisation in Indian political thought, philosophy and history. Gangeya Mukherji is Reader in English at Mahamati Prannath Mahavidyalaya, Mau-Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface 1. Cuspidal Imaginings of Political Community in Modern India: Bankimchandra and Vivekananda 2. Politics: Truth and Non Violence 3. Nationalism: Ethics and Responsibility 4. In Argument: Considerance of the Political Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Gangeya Mukherji, Mukherji Gangeya
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138946170
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94617-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Politics and government, Asian History, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, HISTORY / Asia / South / General