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041 _aeng
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_bPAN
100 _aPanter-Brick, Simone
245 0 _aGandhi and nationalism :
_bthe path to indian independence /
_cSimone Panter-Brick ; foreword by WM.Roger Louis
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bViva books private limited ,
_c2012.
300 _axiii, 225 p. :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical and references and index.
505 _aINTRODUCTION Gandhian nationalism in one song and three cartoons PART I: NATIONALISM AND INDIANITY Swaraj, the objective The voice of India The defence of Indianity PART II: NATIONALISM AND ALLEGIANCE War and non-violence Volte-face PART III: NATIONALISM AND REBELLION The wait-and-see interlude Stooping to reconquer The demise of the pro-changers PART IV: NATIONALISM AND PARTITION The temptation of the one-party system Retaliation From Britain as empire to Britain as umpire The judgment of King Solomon ENVOY The two brothers.
520 _aGandhi's nationalism seems simple and straightforward: he wanted an independent Indian nation state and freedom from British colonial rule. But in reality his nationalism rested on complex and sophisticated moral philosophy. His Indian state and nation were based on no shallow ethnic or religious communalism, despite his claim to be Hindu to his very core, but were grounded on his concept of swaraj - enlightened self-control and self-development leading to harmony and tolerance among all communities in the new India. He aimed at moral regeneration, not just the ending of colonial rule. Simone Panter-Brick's perceptive and original portrayal of Gandhi's nationalism analyses his spiritual and political programme. She follows his often tortuous path, as a principal spiritual and political leader of the Indian Congress, through his famous campaigns of non-violent resistance and negotiations with the Government of India leading to Independence and, sadly for Gandhi, the Partition in 1947. Gandhi's nationalism was, in Wm Roger Louis's phrase, 'larger than the struggle for independence'. He sought a tolerant and unified state that included all communities within a 'Mother India.
650 _aHistory.
700 _aLouis, Roger WM.
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