Gandhi and 21st Century/edited by Janardan Pandey. 1998, 304 p., $27. [Gandhian Studies for Peace Research Series - 12].

Contents: Preface. 1. Mahatma Gandhi and his message and their relevance to modern times/V.P. Varma. 2. India's Armed Forces and Gandhijee/N.K. Kumar. 3. Development model for 21st century in Gandhian perspective/Ashu Pasricha. 4. Non-violence in the teaching of Mahavira and Mahatma Gandhi and its relevance in the 21st century/Joson Joseph. 5. Gandhian human civilisation in the twenty-first century/J. Pandey. 6. Role of women in the 21st century on Gandhian lines/S. Seethalakshmi. 7. Relevance of Gandhian politics in the 21st century/Gopal Prasad Singh. 8. Predicament of twenty-first century and the Gandhian solution/Anil Dutta Mishra. 9. India's foreign policy and Gandhiji/Kranti Kumar. 10. Gandhian thought in the 21st century/Gopal Krishna Sinha. 11. Relevance of Mr. M.K. Gandhi after 125th birthday and the 21st century/Manoranjan Sarkar. 12. Contemporary crisis and Gandhian insight/D.M. Diwakar. 13. New Economic policy: an assessment in a Gandhian perspective/Jai Narain. 14. Pragmatism of Gandhian values in contemporary world/K.B.K. Singh. 15. Man-machine dilemma and Gandhian view of sustainable development/Vijay Kumar. 16. Ahimsa in the Buddhist and the Gandhian view of perspectives: its relevance in the 21st century/Baidyanath Labh. 17. Relevance of Gandhian thought in 21st century: rural development--the Gandhian experiences/C.P. Singh. 18. Relevance of Gandhi's thoughts to new world order/Lakshmi Biswas. 19. Gandhian thought in 21st century: relevance and limitations/Ram Binod Singh. 20. Emerging world economic order and Gandhi/R.P. Singh. 21. Gandhian theory of communal harmony: the question of its utility and acceptance/R.R.P. Singh. 22. To the twenty-first century with Gandhi/V.S. Hegde. 23. Gandhian thought in the twenty-first century/N. Sivaramakrishnan. 24. Gandhi's views on value education--their relevance in twenty-first century/Sandhya Choudhuri. 25. Institutionalizing Panchayat system in India/Chandra B.P. Singh. 26. Gandhian thought in the 21st century/M. Sreedharan Pillai. 27. Mahatma Gandhi's economic ideas and its relevance in twenty-first century/Anubha Roy. 28. Non-violence in the teachings of Mahavira and Mahatma Gandhi and its relevance in 21st century/Koshalya Walli. 29. The way the world is moving and the insight and foresight of Mahatma Gandhi/Sisir Kumar Dhar. Index.

"The present book 'Gandhi and 21st Century' is collection of selected articles presented during the U.G.C. sponsored National Seminar held on the eve of Gandhi's 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations. Relevance of Gandhi has been discussed on many ways. In the present book, authors from various fields of academic disciplines have discussed the Relevance of Gandhi in the 21st Century.

"Unlike Marx, Gandhi would not feel enthused even by the concept of appropriate technology because the urgent problem was to reduce rural unemployment which will be the aim of the 21st century.

"21st century will be more concerned with environmental challenges of global level wars. In the first-half of the 20th century, Gandhi had led stress on environmental pollution.

"Gandhian ideals of truth, non-violence, equality of human beings, universal brotherhood, decentralized democracy, socialism and secularism would act as beacon lights for the humanity as a whole in the 21st century.

"Gandhi was probably the most important philosopher whose precepts could guide the crisis ridden world of the 21st century.

"Thus the present book too focuses the relevance of Gandhian Thought in the 21st century also and hence the importance of this book has increased tremendously." (jacket) 

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