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Gandhi and Liberalism: Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

Gandhi and Liberalism: Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

Haksar, Vinit

Hardcover

Asian American StudiesGeneral SociologyIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1138286311
ISBN13: 9781138286313
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Jul 18 2017
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.70
Language: English

One of the main themes running through Gandhi's life and work was the battle against evil. This book offers a fascinating reconstruction of Gandhi and the doctrine of Ahimsa or non-violence. Gandhi's moral perfectionism is contrasted with other forms of perfectionism, but the book stresses that Gandhi also offered a doctrine of the second best. Following Gandhi, the author argues that outward violence with compassion is intrinsically not as good as non-violence with compassion, but it is a second best that is sometimes a necessary evil in an imperfect world. The book provides an illuminating analysis of coercion, non-co-operation, civil disobedience and necessary evil, comparing Gandhi's ideas with that of some of the leading western moral, legal and political philosophers. Further, some of his important ideas are shown to have relevance for the working of the Indian Constitution.

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