गाँधी: एक परिचय

Description

गाँधी के व्यक्तित्व को सिर्फ अहिंसा, सत्याग्रह और खादी तक सीमित करके नहीं देखा जा सकता। इन सभी का आधार उनकी गहरी विचारशीलता में है। गाँधी बन जाने तक के सफर की सबसे अहम बात यह है कि उन्होंने जीवन के विभिन्न पहलुओं पर गहरा चिंतन किया। गाँधी को समग्र तौर पर समझने के लिए ज़रूरी है कि आप सिर्फ उनके राजनीतिक जीवन तक ही ख़ुद को सीमित न रखें, उनके निजी जीवन की कशमकशों को भी देखें। धर्म, इंसानी स्वभाव, परंपरा और आधुनिकता के बारे में उनके नज़रिए को भी जानें। यह किताब गाँधी के इन सभी आयामों से आपका परिचय कराएगी।

English Translation

Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest, which he made the basis of his successful struggle against British rule in India.

In this Very Short Introduction to Gandhi's life and thought, Bhikhu Parekh outlines both Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. He looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. He also considers how the success of Gandhi's principles was limited by his lack of coherent theories of evil, and of state and power, and how his hostility to modern civilization impeded his appreciation of its complexity.

Gandhi's life and thought has had an enormous impact both within and outside India, and he continues to be widely revered, as one of the greatest moral and political leaders of the twentieth century.

About the Author

भिखू पारेख पारेख, एक राजनीतिक चिंतक हैं। वे हाउस ऑफ़ लार्ड्स के सदस्य रहे। वे एकेडमी ऑफ़ लर्नड सोसाइटीज इन द सोशल साइंस के प्रमुख रहे।

English Translation

Bhikhu Parekh is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, and an Emeritus Professor of political philosophy at the University of Westminster, UK.

Table of contents

आभार (Aabhar)

चित्र सूची (Chitra Suchi)

शब्द-संक्षेप (Shabd Sankshep)

1. जीवन और कार्य (Jiwan aur Karya)
2. धार्मिक विचार (Dharmik Vichar)
3. मानवीय प्रकृति (Manviya Prakriti)
4. सत्याग्रह (Satyagraha)
5. आधुनिकता की आलोचना (Adhunikta ki Alochna)
6. अहिंसक समाज की परिकल्पना (Ahinsak Samaj ki Parikalpana)
7. आलोचनात्मक मूल्यांकन (Alochanatmak Mulyakan)

पृष्ठभूमि: जीवन और रचना कर्म (Prishthabhumi: Jiwan aur Rachna Karm)

महत्त्वपूर्ण अध्ययन सामग्री (Mahattwapurn Adhyayan Samagri)

अनुक्रम (Anukram)

परिचय (Parichay)