Gandhi Struggling for Autonomy

by Terchek, Ronald J.

• ISBN13: 9780847692149
• ISBN10: 0847692140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Using the principle of individual autonomy--rather than civil disobedience, Indian independence, or duty--as an analytical lens, Ronald J. Terchek offers a completely original interpretation of his subject's political thought. Terchek argues that Gandhi's thought is animated by a concern for the equal respect and regard for all persons, and he describes how Gandhi's writings illuminate several critical discourses in political theory, debates that overlap with many Western writers to whom Gandhi is seldom compared.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(20)
Gandhian Autonomy	21	(32)
Reclaiming a Tradition and Making It Your Own	53	(24)
Gandhi's Critique of Modernity	77	(30)
Defending Civil Society by Questioning Modernization	107	(32)
Gandhi's Politics	139	(40)
Challenging Violence and Denying Perfectionism	179	(50)
Gandhi and the Twenty-First Century	229	(10)
Appendix: Selections from the Gita	239	(2)
Bibliography	241	(14)
Glossary	255	(2)
Index	257	(8)
About the Author	265