Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule

by Parel, Anthony J.; Brown, Judith M.; Copley, Antony; Dallmayr, Fred; Dalton, Dennis; Hay, Stephen; Kapur, Sudarshan; Parel, Anthony J.; Terchek, Ronald J.

• ISBN13: 9780739101377
• ISBN10: 0739101374
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-14
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

This volume presents an original account of Mahatma Gandhi's four meanings of freedom: as sovereign national independence, as the political freedom of the individual, as freedom from poverty, and as the capacity for self-rule or spiritual freedom. In this volume, seven leading Gandhi scholars write on these four meanings, engaging the reader in the ongoing debates in the East and the West and contributing to a new comparative political theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction Gandhian Freedoms and Self-Rule	1	(24)
Anthony J. Parel
Is There a Gandhian Definition of Liberty?	25	(22)
Antony Copley
Gandhian Autonomy in the Late Modern World	47	(16)
Ronald J. Terchek
Gandhi's Originality	63	(24)
Dennis Dalton
Gandhi and Human Rights: In Search of True Humanity	87	(16)
Judith M. Brown
What Is Swaraj? Lessons from Gandhi	103	(16)
Fred Dallmayr
Gandhi and Hindutva: Two Conflicting Visions of Swaraj	119	(20)
Sudarshan Kapur
Gandhi: Guide to a Better Human Future	139	(14)
Stephen Hay
Bibliography	153	(4)
Index	157	(6)
About the Contributors	163