Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays: Gandhi in the World and at Home by Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph - 2006-10-01

University of Chicago Press, 2006. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fine Condition. Text is like new, Light Shelf Wear, Few minor spots on cover and slight curl. Binding is tight. Looks very nice. 259 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0226731243. ISBN/EAN: 9780226731247. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561066368. . 9780226731247

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 259 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Gandhi, with his loincloth and walking stick, seems an unlikely advocate of postmodernism. But in Postmodern Gandhi, Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph portray him as just that in eight thought-provoking essays that aim to correct the common association of Gandhi with traditionalism. Combining core sections of their influential book Gandhi: The Traditional Roots of Charisma with substantial new material, the Rudolphs reveal here that Gandhi was able to revitalize tradition while simultaneously breaking with some of its entrenched values and practices. Exploring his influence both in India and abroad, they tell the story of how in London the young activist was shaped by the antimodern "other West" of Ruskin, Tolstoy, and Thoreau and how, a generation later, a mature Gandhi's thought and action challenged modernity's hegemony. Moreover, the Rudolphs argue that Gandhi's critique of modern civilization in his 1909 book Hind Swaraj was an opening salvo of… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 259 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.

University of Chicago Press. Paperback. New. 8x5x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

University of Chicago Press, 2006-10-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!