Gandhi's philosophy and the quest for harmony
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Gandhi's philosophy and the quest for harmony
Cambridge University Press, 2006
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-215) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Anthony Parel affords a novel perspective on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. He explores how Gandhi connected the spiritual with the temporal. As Parel points out 'being more things than one' is a good description of Gandhi and, with these words in mind, he shows how Gandhi, drawing on the Indian time-honoured theory of the purusharthas or 'the aims of life', fitted his ethical, political, aesthetic and religious ideas together. In this way Gandhi challenged the notion which prevailed in Indian society that a rift existed between the secular and the spiritual, the political and the contemplative life. Parel's revealing and insightful book shows how far-reaching were the effects of Gandhi's practical philosophy on Indian thought generally and how these have survived into the present.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. The Four Aims of Life: Introduction
- 1. Gandhi's reconstitution of the four aims
- Part II. Politics and Economics: 2. Civic nationalism
- 3. The state
- 4. The economy
- Part III. Dharma: 5. Dharma as duty
- 6. Dharma as religion
- 7. Dharma as ethics
- Part IV. Pleasure: 8. Celibacy and sexuality
- 9. Art and society
- Part V. Spiritual Liberation: 10. The Gita and moksha
- 11. Conclusion: the political and the spiritual
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index.
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