Rediscovering Gandhi Volume 10
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Rediscovering Gandhi (Volume 10)
Author: R.P. Misra
language: en
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Release Date: 2018-01-01
This is the tenth volume of Rediscovering Gandhi series of books edited by Prof. R.P. Misra. The volume is a collection of papers written by Prof. Misra and published in various international and national journals; and lectures delivered by him during the last two decades. The volume covers all aspects of Gandhi's life: childhood, adolescence, and youth; his South African sojourn and birth of non-cooperation movement there which was transformed into Sayagraha; his return to India, and call for Home Rule as the first step to secure Purna Swaraj (complete independence) for India, and his non-violent movement (Satyagraha) to free India from the British Rule. Then there are chapters which cover themes like Truth is God, Sarvodaya, Swaraj, Gram Swaraj, Gandhian Economics, Modernism and Post-modernism, Democracy, Human Rights, Ecology, Education and Peace.
Rediscovering Gandhi (Volume 9)
Author: R.P. Misra
language: en
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Release Date: 2018-01-01
This is the ninth volume of the Rediscovering Gandhi series of books published by the Concept Publishing Company (P) Ltd., New Delhi originally on behalf of Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, but now by the Centre for Gandhi & Peace Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. The series is being edited by Prof. R. P. Misra, a well-known Gandhian scholar, and development planner. The volume consists of 19 articles contributed by scholars from different parts of the country. It has been edited jointly by Prof. Misra and Prof. D. Gopal. The volume centres on the theoretical and applied aspects of Gandhian approach to conflict resolution and peace building in a variety local, national and international contexts. As apparent from the contents, it covers wide-ranging sources of conflicts and the ways and means to resolve them. Among the conflicts covered by the volume are: man and environment, social and economic conflicts arising from iniquitous accessibility and distribution of natural resources, political conflicts within countries like India, Sri Lanka and Timur; and between and among countries. Satyagraha of Gandhi as the most potent means of peaceful resolution of conflicts is the central theme of chapter 4. There are chapters on conflicts resulting from terrorism, power politics, religious animosities and ideological differences. The book covers not only the conflicts and peace building attempts in India, but also in other parts of the world. Some chapters focus on social conflicts in India resulting from the division of Indian society into a unique system of castes. The last two chapters of the book deal with Sri Lankan ethnic conflict and its management and the role UNHCR in peace building in East Timur.
Rediscovering Gandhi (Volume 8)
Author: R.P. Misra
language: en
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Release Date: 2018-01-01
It is the eighth volume of the series Rediscovering Gandhi edited by Prof. R.P. Misra. Most of the papers included in this volume were presented and discussed in a conference on Gandhi and Peace Studies organized by the Gandhi Centre, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi during 2014. In all, it contains 20 chapters including an Introduction by the editors. The papers included in the volume were contributed by well-known scholars from different parts of India and cover various aspects of Gandhian economics and its contemporary relevance. The papers included in the volume have been grouped into two parts: Part I: Understanding Gandhian Economics, Part II: Gandhian Model of Economic Development. Chapter 1, introduces the theme of the book and in a way summarizes what the 19 papers included in the volume tell in great details. Part I consists of 9 papers that focus on the theory of Gandhian economics as enunciated in Hind Swaraj, dwells on the myths surrounding Gandhian economics, and explains the relevance of Gandhian economics even in the present era of globalization, industrialization, liberalization and privatization. And Part II has 10 papers that focus on Gandhian model of economic development with special reference to Swadeshi, Village Republic, and Khadi & Village Industries.