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1 online resource (x, 259 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 fast |
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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand 1869-1948 gnd |
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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand. swd |
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Postmodernism -- Political aspects
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Democratization -- India
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Asceticism -- Political aspects -- India
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Courage -- Political aspects -- India
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Courage -- Political aspects
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Democratization
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Political and social views
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Postmodernism -- Political aspects
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Demokratisierung
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Moderne
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Rezeption
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Postmodernism -- politiska aspekter.
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Demokratisering -- Indien.
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Asketism -- politiska aspekter -- Indien.
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India
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Indien
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber
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Rudolph, Lloyd I.
Gandhi
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| ISBN |
9780226731315 |
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0226731316 |
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