Impossible Indian
Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence
Edición de la obra The impossible Indian
| Autor | Faisal Devji |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Harvard University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2012 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9780674070639 |
| Número de Cutter | D496i |
This book offers a rare, fresh view of Gandhi as a hard hitting political thinker willing to countenance the greatest violence in pursuit of a global vision that went far beyond a nationalist agenda. Focusing on his unsentimental engagement with the hard facts of imperial domination, Fascism, and civil war, Devji recasts Gandhi as a man at the center of modern history. Rejecting Western notions of the rights of man, rights which can only be bestowed by a state.