Gandhi as disciple and mentor / Thomas Weber.
By: Weber, Thomas.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: xiv, 279 p. ; Index.ISBN: 9788175964327.Subject(s): Statesmen -- India -- Biography | Nationalists -- India -- BiographyDDC classification: 954.035092 | WEB-G Summary: Thomas Weber's book comprises a series of biographical reflections about people who influenced Gandhi, and those who were, in turn, influenced by him. Whilst previous literature tended to focus on Gandhi's political legacy, Weber's book explores the spiritual, social and philosophical resonances of these relationships, and it is with these aspects of the Mahatma's life in mind, that the author selects his central protagonists. These include friends such as Henry Polak and Hermann Kallenbach, who are not as well known as those usually cited, but who left a deep impression nevertheless, and motivated some of Gandhi's major life changes. Conversely, the work of luminaries such as E. F. Schumacher and Gene Sharp reveal the Mahatma's influence in arenas which are not traditionally associated with his thinking. Weber's book offers intriguing insights into the life and thought of one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 954.035092 SEN-M Man who saved India | 954.035092 THA-G Gandhi in Bombay | 954.035092 WEB-G Gandhi as Disciple and Mentor | 954.035092 WEB-G Gandhi as disciple and mentor / | 954.035092 YUG-M माटी एवं संस्कृति के प्रहरी : | 954.0356 GON-C स्वतंत्रता के लिए परिधान | 954.0357 CHO-F The First World War, anticolonialism and imperial authority in British India, 1914-1924/ |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-270) and index.
Thomas Weber's book comprises a series of biographical reflections about people who influenced Gandhi, and those who were, in turn, influenced by him. Whilst previous literature tended to focus on Gandhi's political legacy, Weber's book explores the spiritual, social and philosophical resonances of these relationships, and it is with these aspects of the Mahatma's life in mind, that the author selects his central protagonists. These include friends such as Henry Polak and Hermann Kallenbach, who are not as well known as those usually cited, but who left a deep impression nevertheless, and motivated some of Gandhi's major life changes. Conversely, the work of luminaries such as E. F. Schumacher and Gene Sharp reveal the Mahatma's influence in arenas which are not traditionally associated with his thinking. Weber's book offers intriguing insights into the life and thought of one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century
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