Postmodern Gandhi ; The road not taken : the modernist roots of partition ; Gandhi in the mind of America / Lloyd I. Rudolph -- The coffee house and the ashram revisited : how Gandhi democratized Habermas' public sphere ; The fear of cowardice ; Gandhi and the new courage ; Self-control and political potency ; This-worldly asceticism and political modernization / Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph.
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Gandhi, with his loincloth and walking stick, seems an unlikely advocate of postmodernism. But in Postmodern Gandhi, Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph portray him as just that in eight thought-provoking essays that aim to correct the common association of Gandhi with traditionalism. Combining core sections of their influential book Gandhi: The Traditional Roots of Charisma with substantial new material, the Rudolphs reveal here that Gandhi was able to revitalize tradition while simultaneously breaking with some of its entrenched values and practices. Exploring his influence both in India and abroad, t.
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Title
Postmodern Gandhi and other essays.
International Standard Book Number
9780226731230
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gandhi,1869-1948-- Influence.
Gandhi,1869-1948-- Political and social views.
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, 1869-1948
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand.
Gandhi,1869-1948.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asceticism-- Political aspects-- India.
Courage-- Political aspects-- India.
Democratization-- India.
Postmodernism-- Political aspects.
Asketism-- politiska aspekter-- Indien.
Courage-- Political aspects.
Democratization.
Demokratisering-- Indien.
Demokratisierung
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Moderne
Political and social views.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.