Hind swaraj and other writings.

By:

Parel, Anthony J. (ed.)

Material type: Book

BookSeries: Cambridge Texts in Modern PoliticsPublication details: New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, c2009.Edition: Centenary EdDescription: 201p.: 24cmISBN:

9780521149143

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.01 PAR

Summary: Hind Swaraj is Mahatma Gandhi's fundamental work. It is key to understanding his life and thoughts, but also the politics of South Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. Celebrating 100 years since Hind Swaraj was first published in a newspaper, this centenary edition includes a new Preface and Editor's Introduction, as well as a new chapter on 'Gandhi and the 'Four Canonical Aims of Life''. The volume presents a critical edition of the 1910 text of Hind Swaraj, fully annotated and including Gandhi's own Preface and Foreword (not found in other editions). Anthony J. Parel sets the work in its historical and political contexts and analyses the significance of Gandhi's experiences in England and South Africa. The second part of the volume contains some of Gandhi's other writings, including his correspondence with Tolstoy and Nehru

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Course reserves
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	320.01 GAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011808	Paradox of Indian Democracy Semester-I (2018-19) Political Thought Semester-I (2018-19)

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Hind Swaraj is Mahatma Gandhi's fundamental work. It is key to understanding his life and thoughts, but also the politics of South Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. Celebrating 100 years since Hind Swaraj was first published in a newspaper, this centenary edition includes a new Preface and Editor's Introduction, as well as a new chapter on 'Gandhi and the 'Four Canonical Aims of Life''. The volume presents a critical edition of the 1910 text of Hind Swaraj, fully annotated and including Gandhi's own Preface and Foreword (not found in other editions). Anthony J. Parel sets the work in its historical and political contexts and analyses the significance of Gandhi's experiences in England and South Africa. The second part of the volume contains some of Gandhi's other writings, including his correspondence with Tolstoy and Nehru

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