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020			_a9780198060451
082			_a335 PAR
100			_aParekh Bhikhu
245			_aDebating India _b: essays on Indian political discourse _c/ Bhikhu Parekh
260			_aNew Delhi _b: Oxford _c, 2015.
300			_axix,374p. _c24cm.
520			_aIndia has had a long tradition of public debate going back to around 1000 BCE. But surprisingly, the knowledge of its existence has largely remained confined to a small field of critics or specialists. Debating India traces the origins and development of the Indian tradition of public debate and the various forms it took at different times in Indian history. It examines some of the major debates that occurred during the independence struggle and the ways in which they structured the conceptual and moral parameters of the Indian political imagination. The debates involved Gandhi, Tagore, Nehru, Ambedkar, and Hindu militants, and centred on the kind of country India was and should aspire to be. Gandhi’s non-violent struggle claims to provide an answer to deep differences of views and conflicts of interest. Presenting riveting accounts, such as of Einstein’s views on Gandhi’s philosophy of Ahimsā or of Gandhi–Tagore debates, and through an imaginary dialogue between Gandhi and Osama bin Laden, Parekh critically examines the strengths and weaknesses of Gandhian philosophy. In the process, the book points to a richer and politically more realistic approach to public debate than are currently on offer.
650			_aSoical Science
650			_aEducation
650			_aIndia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
650			_a Debates and debating
650			_aIndia , History.
700			_aParekh Bhikhu
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