num_pages: 328
description: This book examines the concepts of violence and non-violence in Hinduism. There are many aspects of Indian society and culture which effectively contradict ideas, often taken for granted since Gandhi, about the role of violence in it. In reality, how the concepts of violence and non-violence are defined in different aspects of the Hindu tradition cannot be understood if they are dissociated from each other. Rather, as the articles in this volume show, violence very frequently legitimates itself in the name of non-violence as well.
language: English
title: Violence/Non-Violence: Some Hindu Perspectives
titlecomplete: Violence/Non-Violence: Some Hindu Perspectives
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors