01893nam a2200181Ia 4500 20261026155544.0 260608s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 9780195672756 23 954.04 RUD Lloyd I,Rudolph Postmodern Gandhi and other essays : Gandhi in the World and at Home / Rudolph Lloyd I London : Oxford University Press ,1967 x, 259p. Gandhi, with his loincloth and walking stick, seems an unlikely advocate of postmodernism. But in Postmodern Gandhi, Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph portray him as just that in eight thought-provoking essays that aim to correct the common association of Gandhi with traditionalism.Combining core sections of their influential book The Traditional Roots of Charisma with substantial new material, the Rudolphs reveal here that Gandhi was able to revitalize tradition while simultaneously breaking with some of its entrenched values and practices. Exploring his influence both in India and abroad, they tell the story of how in London the young activist was shaped by the antimodern “other West” of Ruskin, Tolstoy, and Thoreau and how, a generation later, a mature Gandhi’s thought and action challenged modernity’s hegemony. Moreover, the Rudolphs argue that Gandhi’s critique of modern civilization in his 1909 book Hind Swaraj was an opening salvo of the postmodern era and that his theory and practice of nonviolent collective action (satyagraha) articulate and exemplify a postmodern understanding of situational truth. This radical interpretation of Gandhi's life will appeal to anyone who wants to understand Gandhi’s relevance in this century, as well as students and scholars of politics, history, charismatic leadership, and postcolonialism. History Nonviolent collective action (satyagraha) RBK 69007 69007 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-06-08 0 954.04 RUD G8334 2026-06-08 15:45:16 2026-06-08 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection