{"product_id":"inheriting-gandhi-influences-activisms-meher-bhoot-9789354472718","title":"Inheriting Gandhi Influences, Activisms","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thoughtfully curated anthology examines how Mahatma Gandhi's principles are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeternal and reflect his particular relevance today-a time of uncertainty, disruption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand rupture resulting from the social, political, economic and environmental\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estructures humanity has built. As in the 20th century, so in the 21st, Gandhi as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esymbol of peace, and his legacy of a fundamental and all-inclusive compassion-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhatever its limitations and occasional contradictions-has important lessons for us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif what we desire is a just and sustainable world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pieces in this volume, arranged in two sections-'Influences' and 'Activisms'-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscuss Gandhi's Influence on civil rights movements and social upliftment; Gandhi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas an exemplar of transformational leadership; Gandhi and the effects of the colonial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eencounter; Gandhi and higher education; Gandhi's ideas of village republics in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtext of globalization; Gandhi and lessons for self-reliance and simplicity in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomplex and frenetic age; and Gandhi and the ethics of nursing and medical care, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eespecially in a pandemic-ravaged world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFramed by Akeel Bilgrami's Foreword, which looks at the concepts of secularism and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emulticulturalism from a Gandhian perspective, and Neera Chandhoke's Afterword, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich discusses Gandhian activism in the present Indian context, this is an important, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand in many ways empowering, contribution to contemporary scholarly and public\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meher Bhoot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354472710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354472718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meher Bhoot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077820772607,"sku":"9789354472718","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_798f03b9-8137-40d5-8cbe-02dc702f8ffb.jpg?v=1685471945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inheriting-gandhi-influences-activisms-meher-bhoot-9789354472718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}