Gandhi\'s Social Philosophy : Perspective and Relevance

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Gandhi\'s social philosophy: A general and comparative perspective: 1. Gandhi-the man and his social philosophy. 2. The oriental lineage. 3. Western affiliations. 4. Gandhi, anarchists and narodniks. 5. Gandhi\'s "Constructive" or Synthetic" social philosophy. 6. Gandhi and humanism. II. Gandhi\'s social philosophy: The Indian perspective: 7. An ideal social order. 8. An Indian polity. 9. Town and country. 10. With landlord and peasant in Champaran and Kheda. 11. On dealing with landlord and peasant. 12. Capital and labour. 13. "Trusteeship", state ownership and social control. 14. "Swadeshi" and employment. 15. Challenge of an industrial civilisation. III. Gandhi and conflict resolution: 16.The base and the superstructure. 17. Warring ideologies. 18. Conflicts of "Alienation". 19. Non-violence and means-end conflict. 20. Revolution and violence. 21. Social conflict and unity. Index.