Gandhi's Ascetic Activism Renunciation and Social Action

bestbook

Free Download Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action  By  068712030!; Gandhi, ; Howard, Veena R.; Gandhi
2013 | 289 Pages | ISBN: 1438445571 | EPUB | 6 MB
Discusses Gandhi's creative  use of ascetic practice, particularly his practice of celibacy, for nonviolent  activism.More than six decades after his death,  Mohandas Gandhi continues to inspire those who seek political and social  liberation through nonviolent means. Uniquely, Gandhi placed celibacy and other  renunciatory disciplines at the center of his nonviolent political strategy, conducting original experiments with their possibilities to gain practical,  moral, and even miraculous powers for social change. Gandhi's abstinence in  marriage, eccentric views on sexuality, and odd ways of including his female  associates in his practices continue to cause ambivalence among scholars and  students. Through a comprehensive study of Gandhi's own words, select Indian  religious texts and myths that he used, and the historical and cultural context  of his activism, Veena R. Howard shows how Gandhi's ascetic disciplines helped  him mobilize millions. She explores Gandhi's creative use of renunciation in  challenging established paradigms of confrontational politics, passive  asceticism, and oppressive social customs. Howard's book sheds new light on the  creative possibilities Gandhi discovered in combining personal renunciation,  sacrifice, ritual, and myth for modern day social action."Based on a detailed and  close reading of Gandhi's works, and considerable familiarity with  Indian traditions, this book offers an informative and interesting account of  the inner connections between his asceticism and  nonviolent politics." - Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster and the House  of Lords"Well grounded in the contemporary scholarship on Gandhi,  Veena Howard wisely takes her primary clues from Gandhi's own claims about  himself, read in accord with concepts central to Indian tradition. She brings  out the substance and wisdom of his positions, without avoiding challenging  questions about those ideals and practices." - Francis X. Clooney, SJ, author  of Comparative Theology: Deep Learning  Across Religious Borders

FileFox
Download From FileFox
Rapidgator
Download From RapidGator
Uploadgig
Download From UploadGig

Links are Interchangeable  - Single Extraction