Reading Gandhi in the Twenty-First Century [electronic resource] /
Ramakrishnan, Niranjan.author.
Niranjan Ramakrishnan examines the surprising extent to which Gandhi's writings still provide insight into current global tensions and the assumptions that drive them. This book explores how ideas Gandhi expressed over a century ago can be applied today to issues from terrorism to the environment, globalization to the 'Clash of Civilizations.' In particular it looks at Gandhi's emphasis on the small, the local, and the human – an emphasis that today begins to appear practical, attractive, and even inescapable. Written in an accessible style invoking examples from everyday happenings familiar to all, this concise volume reintroduces Gandhi to today's audiences in relevant terms.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: A World at Sea; 1 What's So Great about Gandhi, Anyway?; 2 Gandhi in the Time of Terrorism; 3 Privatization . . . Privation . . . Privacy; 4 Globalization . . . of What?; 5 A Fundamental(ist) Irony; 6 Environmentalism; 7 The C(l)ash of Civilizations; 8 East versus West: Win, Lose or Draw?; 9 Media Matters . . . and Citizen Mutters; 10 Technological Titans, Moral Midgets: The Death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; 11 Corruption and Its Discontents; 12 Of Suicides and Stock Markets: Leave It to Psainath
13 Unbroken Connectivity, Brokered Lives: Industrialism and Its Consequences14 W(h)ither the State?; Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Niranjan Ramakrishnan examines the surprising extent to which Gandhi's writings still provide insight into current global tensions and the assumptions that drive them. This book explores how ideas Gandhi expressed over a century ago can be applied today to issues from terrorism to the environment, globalization to the 'Clash of Civilizations.' In particular it looks at Gandhi's emphasis on the small, the local, and the human – an emphasis that today begins to appear practical, attractive, and even inescapable. Written in an accessible style invoking examples from everyday happenings familiar to all, this concise volume reintroduces Gandhi to today's audiences in relevant terms.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Comparative politics.
Political communication.
Political science.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Comparative Politics.
Political Communication.
Political Science.