Gandhi the Pacifist

Mahatma Ghandi has been studied extensively as multifacted personality from the backdrop of India's freedom movement. Volumes have been written about him. His world-view and his ethical and spiritual self-discipline as well made him an unparalleled persona of his time. This book portrays him as a philosopher of action (karmayogi) an ideal in which he was deeply rooted, than a philosopher (darsanik). While discerning the Ghandian idealism, this study analytically examines the different qualities of Gandhi such as a his firm belief in peace as an embodiment of spirituality, his approach to conflict resolution, his world-view on corruption and human values, his economic philosophy and his outlook on socialism vis-a-vis that of Karl Marx, among others. It also makes an endeavour to reappraise Gandhi in the present-day context.

K. Srinivas (b 1955) received his MA and PhD from Ahdhra University, Visakhapatnam, and Jawaharlal University, New Delhi, respectively. His fields of interests are epistemology (Eastern and Western), analytic philosophy, philosophy of science, modern logic and Hinduism. He is a visiting scholar at many universities in India and abroad.