Gandhi&#039;s Global Legacy

Veena R. Howard

doi:10.5771/9781793640376

Summary

While there has been sustained interest in Gandhi’s methods and continued academic inquiry, Gandhi's Global Legacy: Moral Methods and Modern Challenges is unique in bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars who analyze Gandhi’s tactics, moral methods, and philosophical principles, not just in the fields of social and political activism, but in the areas of philosophy, religion, literature, economics, health, international relations, and interpersonal communication. Bringing this wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, the contributors provide fresh perspectives on Gandhi’s thought and practice as well as critical analyses of his work and its contemporary relevance.

Edited by Veena R. Howard, this book reveals the need for reconstructing Gandhi’s ideas and moral methods in today’s context through a broad spectrum of crucial issues, including pacifism, health, communal living, gender dynamics, the role of anger, and peacebuilding. Gandhi’s methods have been refined and reimagined to fit different situations, but there remains a need to consider his concept of Sarvodaya (uplift of all), the importance of economic, gender, and racial equity, as well as the value of dialogue and dissenting voices in building a just society. The book points to new directions for the study of Gandhi in the globalized world.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4036-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4037-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 360
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Editor’s Note No access
1. 1. Gandhi: A Moral Exemplar No access
  2. “Gandhi”: A Trademark, an Idea of Nonviolent Struggle No access
2. 1. Gandhi’s Redefining of Ahiṃsā: Nonviolent Action No access
  2. American Thinkers’ Refining and Strategizing the Power of Nonviolence No access
3. Nonviolence Goes Global: New Directions in Research and Mobilizations No access
4. 1. Human Dignity: Equal Treatment, Pluralism, and Communal Harmony No access
  2. Economic Justice: Building Capacity, Self-respect, and Sustainability No access
  3. Health Care: Physical, Mental, and Moral Health No access
  4. Dissent and Dialogue: Engaging with Critics and Constructive Compromise No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. 1. Part 1: Gandhi’s Legacy: Lessons of Nonviolence as the “Creative Force of the Universe” No access
  2. Part 2: Gandhi’s Legacy: Lessons in Gender Issues, Pacifism, and International Relations No access
  3. Part 3: Gandhi’s Legacy: Lesson in Health & Healing, Pluralism, and Public Memory of Gandhi’s Communes No access
  4. Part 4: Gandhi’s Legacy: Lessons in Religious Diversity, Religious Dialectics, and Religion in Public life No access
  5. Part 5: Gandhi’s Legacy: Critical Reflections and Constructive Advancement of Gandhi’s Moral Methods No access
7. Notes No access
8. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Introduction: The Biased Nature of Stories in American History Books No access
  2. My Encounter with Gandhi No access
  3. Gandhi’s Nonviolence as a Science of Social Change No access
  4. Western Forces of Exploitations and Perils of our Planet No access
  5. Gandhi: A Challenge to the Forces of Exploitation No access
  6. Understanding Gandhian Nonviolence for Coexistence No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
2. 1. The Unprecedented Diffusion of Civil Resistance in the Twentieth Century No access
  2. How Civil Resistance Has Spread No access
  3. Recovering Two Core Tenants of Gandhian Strategy No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Approaches to Gandhi’s Transformative Nonviolence: Misinterpretations and Irrelevance No access
  2. Gandhi’s Approach to Philosophy No access
  3. Gandhi and His Philosophy of Satya, Truth, and Reality No access
  4. Characteristics of Gandhi’s Approach to His Philosophy of Ahimsa: Violence and Nonviolence No access
  5. Gandhi’s Philosophy of Absolute Nonviolence, Relative Violence, and Relative Nonviolence No access
  6. Gandhi’s Philosophy of Nonviolence: The Ontological Basis of the Consistency of Means and Ends No access
  7. Concluding Observations on the Gandhian Philosophy of Nonviolence: Dramatic Claims, Questions, Issues, and Greatest Relevance Today No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Gandhi and the British Suffragettes No access
  2. Indian Women’s Contributions to Satyagraha No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Pacifism and Eurocentrism No access
  2. The Unity of Theory and Practice No access
  3. Sovereignty and Militarism No access
  4. Social Ontology No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Gandhi’s Global Legacy and IR No access
  2. Gandhi and IR: An Uneasy Relationship? No access
  3. The Missing Dialogue No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Father of the Nation as the Father of Public Health No access
  2. Guide to Health and Key to Health: A Synoptic and Critical Comparison No access
  3. Gandhi as Idiopath: Offering Spiritual Solutions for Bodily Ailments No access
  4. Appendix No access
  5. 1. Part I: General No access
    2. Part II: Some Simple Treatments No access
  6. 1. Part I No access
    2. Part II No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Mahatma Gandhi on Religious Plurality No access
  2. The Non-Systematic Pluralism of the Karma-Yogi No access
  3. Gandhi: The Anekāntavādi No access
  4. The Jain Philosophy of Relativity and Its Influence on Gandhi No access
  5. Anekāntavāda as a Philosophy of Religious Pluralism No access
  6. The Point of Systematic Philosophy No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Phoenix Settlement No access
  2. Sabarmati Ashram No access
  3. Sevagram Ashram No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
1. 1. The Challenge of Modernity No access
  2. Taha Abderrahmane’s Revivalist Modernism No access
  3. Mohammed Arkoun’s Reconstructionist Modernism No access
  4. Gandhi’s Perspective in Conversation with Abderrahmane’s Revivalism and Arkoun’s Reconstructionism No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Foundations of Gandhi’s Nonviolence No access
  2. Ahmisa (Nonviolence): The Central Jain Doctrine and Practice No access
  3. 1. Incident One: Killing of 60 Rabid Dogs No access
    2. Incident Two: The Fiery Ordeal No access
    3. Incident Three: The Wounding of a Few Monkeys No access
  4. Convergence and Divergence: Gandhi’s Ahimsa (Nonviolence) and Jain Ahimsa (Non‑violence) No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Defining Key Terms No access
  2. Proponents, Critics, and a Shared Starting Point No access
  3. Gandhi’s Reverence for Public Religion No access
  4. The Takeaways of Gandhi’s Affirmation of Religious Truth for Liberalism No access
  5. Connections between Reason, Truth, and Nonviolence No access
  6. The Need Gandhi Sees for the Public Affirmation of Religion No access
  7. Problems Considered No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. Bibliography No access
1. 1. The Two Gandhis No access
  2. The Legacy of Ambivalence No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. Bibliography No access
2. 1. “Do Not Let Your Anger Die” No access
  2. Nonviolence on Trial No access
  3. Heschel on Two Types of Anger No access
  4. Anger and Hatred No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Vinoba Bhave and Sarvodaya No access
  2. Bhoodan Yajñā: A Movement of Land-Gift for the Flourishing of All No access
  3. Bhooda Yajñā: Its Philosophy and Principles No access
  4. Application of Sarvodaya Principles No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
4. 1. 1. Tutorials from International News Accounts No access
  2. Development of Satyagraha in South Africa No access
  3. Gandhi’s Constructive Program No access
  4. 1. The Constructive Program Applied in the United States No access
    2. The Constructive Program Applied in Colombia, South America No access
    3. Undermining South Africa’s Apartheid Regime: The Enduring Legacy of Gandhi No access
    4. The Middle East: Palestinian Alternative Institutions under Military Occupation No access
  5. The Constructive Program and Women as Agents of Social Change No access
  6. Conclusion: Gandhi’s Global Impact No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
1. Notes No access
2. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 347 - 356
About the Contributors No access Pages 357 - 360