Gandhi in the Twenty First Century

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This book engages a multidisciplinary approach to understand Gandhi in addressing specific contemporary societal issues. The issues highlighted in the book through thirteen distinct, yet interrelated, themes offer solutions to the societal challenges through the prism of Gandhian thought process. This edited book explores how ideas Gandhi expressed over a century ago can be applied today to issues from the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to peaceful resolution of conflicts. In particular, it looks at the contemporary societies' critical issues and offers solutions through the prism of Gandhian ideas. Written in an accessible style, this book reintroduces Gandhi to today's audiences in relevant terms.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

Introduction

Front Matter

Gandhi in the Twenty-First Century: Ideas and Relevance

Democracy, Development and Swaraj

Front Matter

Pages 17-17

Gandhi, Oceanic Circle, and Participatory Democracy

Pages 19-36

Sustainable Development Goals in Gandhi’s Thought Perspective

Pages 37-55

The Great Tapasvi: The Ethics of Gandhi's Politics Swabhava, Ramrajya, Satyagraha, Tapasya

Pages 57-66

Governance and Public Policy in India: Gandhian Perspective

Pages 67-78

Science, Values and Education

Front Matter

Pages 79-79

Making of a Man: A Reading of Gandhi's Philosophy in 21st Century

Pages 81-95

Between Fact and Value: Locating Gandhian Science

Pages 97-112

Education for Un-Alienated Life: Gandhian Principles

Pages 113-129

Environment and Public Health

Front Matter

Pages 131-131

Resolving Environmental Crises: A Gandhian Approach

Pages 133-145

Mahatma Gandhi’s Insights on Air Pollution and Clean Air

Pages 147-160

Mahatma Gandhi and Public Health in India

Pages 161-171

Conflict Resolution and Peace

Front Matter

Pages 173-173

Peaceful Resolution of Violent Conflicts in India: The Gandhian Way

Pages 175-188

Gandhi’s Satya: Truth Entails Peace

Pages 189-198

Dissent and Protest Movements in India: Revisiting Gandhi’s Ideas of Peaceful Protest

Pages 199-210

Editors and Affiliations

National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India

About the editors

Anshuman Behera is Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme at NIAS, Bengaluru. He earned a Doctorate Degree in Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telengana. He has co-edited a book on ‘Reasoning Indian Politics’ published by Routledge in 2018 and co-authored a book on ‘Militant Groups in South Asia’ published by Pentagon Press and IDSA in 2014. His research interests include social–political conflicts and conflict resolution, political processes in South Asia and political theory.

Shailesh Nayak is Director of National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, and Chancellor of TERI Institute of Advanced Studies, New Delhi. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Geology from the M.S University of Baroda in 1980. Being Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Chair, Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO) during 2008–2015, he had set up the state-of-the-art tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean and developed marine services. He was conferred the ISC Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award—2012.

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