The Living Gandhi: Lessons for Our Times

by Anjana Narayan and Tara Sethia

This inspiring volume presents unique insights from leading international scholars, activists, educators and thought leaders on the contemporary relevance of Gandhi's ideas and actions. The essays here reveal that for Gandhi legitimate coercion by the state in certain cases was compatible with ahimsa; a balance between spiritual and material values was essential for a true civilization, and swaraj anchored in self-discipline and self-restraint was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143068040
• ISBN13: 9780143068044
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher