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1 online resource (421 pages) |
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Routledge Hindu Studies Series |
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RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I: Birth traumas of the nation; 1. Who killed Gandhi?; 2. The event; 3. The post-mortem; 4. The memorialization; 5. The repression; 6. The unbearability of patricide; 7. Oedipus in India; 8. The pollution; 9. The haunting; 10. The guilt; 11. The modernity of patricide; 12. The Mahatma's endgame; 13. Gandhism vs. Gandhigiri: the life and afterlife of the Mahatma; 14. Beyond the monument: remembering the Mahatma; 15. Gandhi and Anti-Oedipus |
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Part II: 'My death is my message': Mahatma, the last 133 days16. Arrival in Delhi; 17. 'Do or die': an old formula in the capital of New India; 18. The final yajna; 19. Partitioning women; 20. Gandhi at an RSS rally; 21. Saving India; 22. Ahimsa: 'softer than a flower and harder than a stone'?; 23. Hindu-Muslim amity; 24. The art of dying; 25. From repression to redemption?; Bibliography; Index |
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Who is responsible for the Mahatma's death? Just one single, but determined, fanatic, the whole ideology of Hindu nationalism, the ruling Congress-led government whichfailed to protect him, or a vast majority of Indians and their descendants who considered Gandhi irrelevant? Such questions mean that Gandhi, even after his tragic and brutal death, continues to haunt India - perhaps more effectively in his afterlife than when he was alive. The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi is a groundbreaking and profound analysis of the assassination of the 'father of the nation' and its after-effects. P |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Assassination
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 fast |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Assassination
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Politics and government
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India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064943
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India -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064944
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317682349 |
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1317682343 |
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9781317682332 |
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1317682335 |
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