This book is an attempt to comprehend Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy and life. It presents his life, parentage, and childhood in order to discuss the formative phases of his early life, which helped shape his public life later. Author B.M. Sharma explores his efforts at establishing Ashrams, which were the training institutes to prepare Satyagrahis. The author shows Gandhi as an organizer, and explains his worldview on society and the future of society in the East and the West. Along with this study of his past, the 'Sarvodya ...
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This book is an attempt to comprehend Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy and life. It presents his life, parentage, and childhood in order to discuss the formative phases of his early life, which helped shape his public life later. Author B.M. Sharma explores his efforts at establishing Ashrams, which were the training institutes to prepare Satyagrahis. The author shows Gandhi as an organizer, and explains his worldview on society and the future of society in the East and the West. Along with this study of his past, the 'Sarvodya Samaj' of Gandhi has been put in a theoretical perspective and included here. Gandhi's variegated political philosophy is examined in a national and international context. This book further elucidates how a secularist could be religious in the Gandhian way. The book investigates the Gandhian concept of 'Gram Swaraj' and how Panchayati institutions can be revitalized without a harmful impact on caste and crude power. The Gandhian credo of truth, non-violence, Sarvodaya, Satyagrah, and Gram Swarajya in the overall context of multiple challenges of the millennium is also evaluated. An analysis of contemporary trends of liberalisation, privatisation, and globalisation in the light of trusteeship and Swadeshi doctrines, along with their dynamism and relevance for the world society, are included. [Subject: Mahatma Gandhi, Philosophy, South Asian Studies, Peace Studies]
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