{"product_id":"gandhi-and-tagore-gangeya-mukherji-9781138946170","title":"Gandhi and Tagore: Politics, Truth and Conscience","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together the political thought of Gandhi and Tagore to examine the relationship between politics, truth and conscience. It explores truth and conscience as viable public virtues with regard to two exemplars of ethical politics, addressing in turn the concerns of an evolving modern Indian political community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe comprehensive and textually argued discussion frames the subject of the validity of ethical politics in inhospitable contexts such as the fanatically despotic state and energised nationalism. The book studies in nuanced detail Tagore's opposition to political violence in colonial Bengal, the scope of non-violence and \u003ci\u003esatyagraha\u003c\/i\u003e as recommended by Gandhi to Jews in Nazi Germany, his response to the complexity of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the differently constituted nationalism of Gandhi and Tagore. It presents their famous debate in a new light, embedded within the dynamics of cultural identification, political praxis and the capacity of a community to imbibe the principles of ethical politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehensive and perceptive in analysis, this book will be a valuable addition for scholars and researchers of political science with specialisation in Indian political thought, philosophy and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGangeya Mukherji is Reader in English at Mahamati Prannath Mahavidyalaya, Mau-Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gangeya Mukherji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138946176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138946170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Gangeya Mukherji","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065382940927,"sku":"9781138946170","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4fd10630-fd41-45a5-a5bc-a41afc4d3471.jpg?v=1768674824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gandhi-and-tagore-gangeya-mukherji-9781138946170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}