Gandhi : Practical Idealism and Strategies of Inclusion
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/M.P. Dube. 2. An approach to the concept of inclusion and exclusion in Gandhian thought/T.N. Chaturvedi. 3. Philosophical background of Gandhi’s thinking/Ramashray Roy. 4. History, hope and agency: identity and politics of inclusion-the Gandhian context/Ram Krishna Mani Tripathi. 5. Gandhian thought in the existentialist context/Naresh Dadhich. 6. Concept of history in Hind Swaraj and War and Peace/M.T. Desai. 7. Gandhian philosophy, liberalism and liberalization/Nalini Pant. 8. Strategies and stratagems in Gandhian thought/Ramjee Singh. 9. Mahatma Gandhi’s truth oriented idealism/Surendra Kumar Verma. 10. Relocating self-reliance and Swadeshi in he Neo-liberal context of globalization/Asha Kaushik. 11. Gandhi and modern civilization/C.P. Barthwal. 12. Civilizing modernity: Gandhi in Hind Swaraj/Chandakala Padia. 13. Gandhian Ashrams: laboratories for experiments with truth and non-violence/B.M. Sharma. 14. Understanding Gandhi/Jai Narain Sharma. 15. War with violence/Ashu Pasricha. 16. Gandhi and art/Raman P. Sinha. 17. Early Marxists and Gandhi: three frameworks of M.N. Roy, Lenin and Gramsci/Subrata Mukherjee. 18. Gandh’s first political experiment in South Africa/Arvind Kumar Yadav. 19. Policy of social inclusion and social exclusion-Gandhian idea of development and strategies/Manoj Dixit and D.N.N.S. Yadav. 20. Gandhi-the great proponent of an inclusive society/Krishna Gupta. 21. Relevance of Gandhian ideal democratic state/Saroj Malik. 22. Globalization: concept and nature/Anil Dutta Mishra. 23. Gandhism and contemporary world: a study in its relevance/R.S. Yadav. 24. Relevance of Gandhian strategy of conflict resolution/Leela Yadav. 25. Gandhi, Ambedkar and the alternative strategies for social inclusion/Sushma Yadav. 26. Gandhi and women/Shashi Rao. 27. Gandhian approach to growth and development/Om Prakash Dubey. 28. Relevance of Gandhian truth and non-violence in modern times/B.L. Sah. 29. Echoes of Mahatma Gandhi/J.S. Mathur. 30. Non-violence-in-action-Gandhian alternative to war/R.P. Mishra. 31. Towards a culture of peace/R.P. Mishra. Reference. Index.
What Gandhi did and stood for its, and would remain, the greatest living legacy of Gandhi to humanity. His thought and actions were essentially all inclusive; they were intertwined in practical idealism and incorporation (inclusion). His stress on justice, equality, fairness, equity, human dignity and love for all beings demonstrates his commitment to inclusiveness. Gandhi presents a moral map of history. To him, development of moral character was essential for freedom, equality and universal happiness. It has tobegin with self reform or Swaraj based on truth and non-violence. On the basis of truth and non-violence, he developed a technique for specific kind of political action, known as Satyagraha which he extended to reach Sarvodaya. He thought and worked for the whole humanity. His emphasis on Daridranarayan, Swadeshi, voluntary poverty, voluntary simplicity and slowness was in fact, a virulent condemnation of modern civilization which was nothing less than an outright rejection of capitalism. He set an example of amaging courage and fearless. He strove to visualize India as community based on socio-economic and political justice, and fraternity, bonded together by love (non-violence), dignity of individual and of physical labour and a non-exploitative processes of production.
An in-depth study of Gandhian idealism and strategies of inclusion has been attempted in this book. This outstanding book will be of great use to students and scholars of all fields as well as general readers, social workers and green radicals.
