Overview of Gandhi's Conscience Keeper Book

Hailed by Mahatma Gandhi as his conscience keeper, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878 1972; better known as Rajaji) epitomized the practical wisdom, religious tolerance and statesmanship that Gandhi brought to the nationalist movement. He articulated how Gandhi s ideas and practices could be reconciled with the needs and aspirations of a modern nation-state. His political and philosophical positions were argued in a manner and with an ideological orientation, strikingly different from that of Jawaharlal Nehru. And yet Rajaji remains virtually unknown today. Vasanthi Srinivasan presents Rajaji s vision as that of a theocentric liberal. She argues that he tried to temper majoritarian democracy with statesmanship, a free economy with civic virtue, realistic patriotism with genuine internationalism and secularism with a religiosity derived from the Hindu epics. Examining his political ideas and actions alongside his literary works, as well as in relation to statesmen-ideologues such as Nehru and Periyar, she shows how Rajaji steered clear of ideological dogma and charted an ethic of responsibility. This book will interest general readers as much as scholars of Gandhi, political theory and Indian politics.

• Book Type :

SocialSciences

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

817824246X

• Gandhi's Conscience Keeper Published On :

2009

• Resource:

Students and Professionals:Textbooks, SocialSciences

Disclaimer:

• Gandhi's Conscience Keeper Book is not for reading online or for free download in PDF or eBook format.
• Table of Contents,Index,Syllabus,summary and image of Gandhi's Conscience Keeper book may be of a different edition or of the same title.
• Price can change due to reprinting, price change by publisher or sourcing cost change for imported books.