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This book explores Gandhi's philosophy, ethics, and political insights, highlighting his enduring influence and the application of his nonviolent principles in modern protests, offering a unique perspective through scholarly essays and an interview with civil rights leader James Lawson.
List of contents
- 0: Vinay Lal: Introduction: The Measure of a Man The Many Enigmas and Strange Journeys of Mohandas Gandhi
- 1: Faisal Devji: The Topography of Nonviolence
- 2: Uday Singh Mehta: A Different Vision: Gandhi's Critique of Political Rationality
- 3: Ajay Skaria: Along the Way to Gandhi's Neighbour
- 4: Leilah Danielson: Historical Memory and American Nonviolence: Recovering the Radical Roots and Vision of the 'American Gandhi' A. J. Muste
- 5: Sudipta Kaviraj: On the Exchanges between Gandhi and Tagore
- 6: Sumathi Ramaswamy: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Mahatma
- 7: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt: A Ras¿tmaka Journey: Aesthetics and Moral Fervour in Gandhi's Quest
- 8: Yohanan Grinshpon: On Sorcery of Peace and Nonviolence: A Note on Gandhi's Yogic Fearlessness and Omnipotent Yoga
- 9: Vinay Lal: Gandhi, the Indian National Congress, and the Jewish Question
- 10: Vinay Lal: Satyagraha in America-Gandhi, King, and the Politics of Fasting: James Lawson in Conversation with Vinay Lal
- 11: Tridip Suhrud: On Being Impervious to the Discreet Charms of M. K. Gandhi
- 12: Karuna Mantena: Exemplary Citizens and the Symbolic Politics of Nonviolent Protest
- 13: Charles R. DiSalvo: Advocate Gandhi: Race, Role, and Transformation?
About the author
Vinay Lal is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Lal studied history, literature, and philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University, before earning his doctorate from the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He has also taught at Columbia University and the University of Delhi. He is the author or editor of twenty books, eight of them from OUP, and his writings span a vast canvas of modern Indian and colonial history, historiography, public culture, global politics, cinema, political psychology, and the politics of knowledge systems.
Summary
This book explores Gandhi's philosophy, ethics, and political insights, highlighting his enduring influence and the application of his nonviolent principles in modern protests, offering a unique perspective through scholarly essays and an interview with civil rights leader James Lawson.
