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. The format of the book in the PDF file is not very suitable. Gandhi Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Reading Gandhi Gandhi's Texts Gandhi's Debts Excursions to Other Texts Gandhi's Cosmology Gandhi as a Problematizer The Remainders of Modernity Notes 1 Gandhian Autonomy Gandhi and Freedom: An Initial Discussion Theories of Autonomy Gandhian Duties: A Preliminary Look Gandhi's Dualist Reading of the Human Condition Ahimsa and Himsa Gandhi's Truth Working With Fragments of the Truth Gandhi's Inner Voice Institutions, Personal Responsibility, and Honesty Who Rules the Self? Notes 2 Reclaiming a Tradition and Making it Your Own What Tradition Means to Gandhi Traditions and the Household Gandhi's Hinduism Gandhi's Gita Individuals and the Cosmos Dharma Criticizing a Tradition (Particularly One's Own) Challenging Traditional Assignments: The Case of Women Tradition as a Resource Notes 3 Gandhi's Critique of Modernity Problematizing Modernity and Modernization The Decline of Tradition: Some Western Critiques The New History Modernity and the Death of the Cosmos The Adaptability of Traditions Interrogating Modernity How Modern is Gandhi? Notes 4 Defending Civil Society by Questioning Modernization Modernization and Autonomy Reading Gandhi's Economic Theories Gandhi as a Political Economist Gandhi, Arendt, and Labor Economics, Politics, and Civil Society Gandhi, Capitalism, and Socialism Spinning and Gandhi's Idealized Economy Making a Place for Modern Technology Two Myths of Agrarian Labor Calling up Remainders Notes 5 Gandhi's Politics Hind Swaraj Gandhi's Multiple Meanings of Power The Power of Love How Does Gandhi Understand Politics? Civic Education The New Idol Problematizing Democratic Politics The Issue of Majoritarianism Political Interests Challenging Bureaucracy Political Complexity and Control Gandhi's Ideal Democracy: The Panchayat Raj Politics and Religion Redefining Political Participation From a Minimal State to a Limited State Experimental Politics Notes 6 Challenging Violence and Denying Perfectionism Why Not Violence? What is Gandhi's Truth Force? The Unavoidability of Coercion Ahimsa Means and Ends The Other Side of Ahimsa Courage, Forgiveness, and Action Responsibility and the Moral Agent Democracy and Civil Disobedience Challenging Authority: Some Comparisons and Contrasts Gandhi and Antigone Gandhi and Locke Gandhi and Marx Gandhi, Thoreau, and King Complicating Nonviolence Gandhi's Nonviolence in India Killing Those We Love Gandhi, The Nazis, and the Jews Experimenting With the Truth Notes 7 Gandhi in the Twenty-First Century Gandhi's Civic Realism Gandhi's Future Problematizing Gandhi Notes Appendix Selections from the Gita Discourse III1 Note Bibliography Glossary A B C D G H K L M P R S T U V Y Z Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z About the Author This compelling introduction to Gandhi's political thought goes beyond his well-known writings to present a much broader portrait that will be valuable to students of political theory, philosophy, and history. 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. Throughout the book, Terchek demonstrates that the teachings and work of Gandhi continue to be relevant today, and that he should be viewed as a significant political thinker not only within the Hindu tradition but in the broader context of 20th century political thought.
Author Biography: Ronald J. Terchek is professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the author of "Republican Paradoxes and Liberal Anxieties: Retrieving Neglected Fragments of Political Theory" (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).
Using the principle of individual antonomy -- rather than civil disobedience, Indian independence, or duty -- as an analytical lens, Ronald J. Terchek offers a completely original interpretation of Gandhi's political thought.
