{"product_id":"politics-ethics-and-the-self-9780367488598","title":"Politics Ethics and the Self","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e by Mahatma Gandhi is arguably the greatest text to have emerged from the anti-colonial movement in India and the first to seriously challenge the cultural and civilizational premises of the colonizers' mentality. It is also the first text in India that falls within the broad tradition of modern political philosophy, advancing a complex cluster of theses with conceptual sensitivity, analytical precision, and sustained argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book critically engages with \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e and explores the fascinating and subtle dialogue set up by Gandhi between the characters of the reader and the editor. With essays from leading contemporary thinkers on Gandhi, the volume looks at themes such as Gandhi on epistemic servitude, decolonization, and intercultural translation; his complex critique of modern civilization; his views on the empire, democracy, citizenship, and violence; the normative structure of Gandhian thought; Gandhi and the political praxis of educationa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRajeev Bhargava\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The truncated ethic of modern civilization\u003c\/b\u003e1. The Originality of \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony J. Parel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Gandhi and the Debate about Civilization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. English Rule Without the Englishman: Citizenship, Subalternity, and Gandhi's ‘Reader’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAjay Skaria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Reflections on Gandhi’s Anti-Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAkeel Bilgrami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj: \u003c\/i\u003eA Historical Necessity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNandkishore Acharya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. On the Normative Structure of Gandhian Thought: With Special Reference to \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSatish K. Jain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Empire, politics, and violence \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. \u003c\/b\u003eEmpire and Violence, or the Foes in \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRajmohan Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Political Self-Rule: Gandhi and the Future of Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred Reinhard Dallmayr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Politics and Violence: Gandhi’s Ambivalence to Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUday Singh Mehta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. A Nationalism Open Towards the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremy Webber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Colonization of minds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Learning from the South: Gandhi and Intercultural Translation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoaventura de Sousa Santos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Beyond Decolonizing Knowledge: Revisiting the \u003ci\u003eSvaraj \u003c\/i\u003ein Ideas Debate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShail Mayaram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Gandhi And Political Praxis of Educational Reconstruction, 1909–1938\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Bara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Cultivating self\u003c\/b\u003e14. Could \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e Presuppose a Theory of Judgment?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSasheej Hegde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Gandhi: Calling to Non-Violence Joined by a Strong Pragmatism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGangeya Mukherji \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Afterlife of a Text: \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e and the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHilal Ahmed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. \u003ci\u003eSheherezade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003eNusseibeh \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Sari Nusseibeh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Gandhi’s Twin Fasts and the Possibility of Non-Violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSudhir Chandra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: How to read \u003cem\u003eHind Swaraj\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19.\u003c\/b\u003e Reading \u003ci\u003eHind Swarajya\/Swaraj\u003c\/i\u003e in Two Languages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTridip Suhrud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017923985751,"sku":"9780367488598","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367488598.jpg?v=1750775095","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/politics-ethics-and-the-self-9780367488598","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}