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Gandhi`s Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony

	Gandhi`S Philosophy And The Quest For Harmony by Anthony J. Parel
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Anthony Parel affords a novel perspective on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. He explores how Gandhi connected the spiritual with the temporal. As Parel points out `being more things than one` is a good description of Gandhi and, with these words in mind, he shows how Gandhi, drawing on the Indian time-honoured theory of the purusharthas or `the aims of life`, fitted his ethical, political, aesthetic and religious ideas together. In this way Gandhi challenged the notion which prevailed in Indian society that a rift existed between the secular and the spiritual, the political and the contemplative life. Parel`s revealing and insightful book shows how far-reaching were the effects of Gandhi`s practical philosophy on Indian thought generally and how these have survived into the present.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. The Four Aims of Life: Introduction
1. Gandhi`s reconstitution of the four aims
Part II. Politics and Economics:
2. Civic nationalism
3. The state
4. The economy
Part III. Dharma:
5. Dharma as duty
6. Dharma as religion
7. Dharma as ethics
Part IV. Pleasure:
8. Celibacy and sexuality
9. Art and society
Part V. Spiritual Liberation:
10. The Gita and Moksha
11. Conclusion: the political and the spiritual
Bibliography.
ISBN: 9780521727488

Pages : 239