The Penguin Gandhi Reader

Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi

ISBN 10: 0140236864 / ISBN 13: 9780140236866

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1995

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: Esta antología esencial presenta una selección representativa de los escritos de Mahatma Gandhi, enfocándose en los temas centrales de su filosofía. El libro está dividido en ocho secciones que exploran el rechazo de Gandhi a la civilización moderna, las doctrinas de Swaraj y Swadeshi, su creencia en la no violencia, su papel en movimientos de masas, sus puntos de vista sobre las mujeres y el sexo, sus argumentos contra la casta y la intocabilidad, sus pensamientos sobre el capitalismo y el socialismo, su compromiso con una India unida y su firme creencia en la tolerancia religiosa. Este volumen ofrece una visión completa de la vida y el pensamiento de uno de los líderes más influyentes del siglo XX. EAN: 9780140236866 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia|Filosofía|Literatura y Ficción Título: The Penguin Gandhi Reader Autor: Mohandas K. Gandhi| Mahatma Gandhi Editorial: Penguin Publishing Group Idioma: en Páginas: 320 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-09-26-a6a0d14c

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Penguin Gandhi Reader

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Muy bueno

Edition: 2nd Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

"With this rich and interesting ensemble of essays, we finally have a handy sourcebook of Gandhi's writings."—The Journal of Asian Studies.

About the Author:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbander. He was called to the Bar. He was not very successful as a Barrister-at-las in India and he moved to South Africa in 1893. In South Africa, he was unable to accept the official policy of racial discrimination and launched a series of non-violent protests.

Rudrangshu Mukherjee was born in 1952 and educated at Presidency College, Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was awarded a D.Phil. in Modern History in 1981 by the University of Oxford. he is the author of Awadh in Revolt 1857-58: A Study of Popular Resistance: and an editor of Trade and the Indian Ocean World: Essasy in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta.