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Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action

Veena R. Howard

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Description:Discusses Gandhi’s creative use of ascetic practice, particularly his practice of celibacy, for nonviolent activism.More than six decades after his death, Mohandas Gandhi continues to inspire those who seek political and social liberation through nonviolent means. Uniquely, Gandhi placed celibacy and other renunciatory disciplines at the center of his nonviolent political strategy, conducting original experiments with their possibilities to gain practical, moral, and even miraculous powers for social change. Gandhi’s abstinence in marriage, eccentric views on sexuality, and odd ways of including his female associates in his practices continue to cause ambivalence among scholars and students. Through a comprehensive study of Gandhi’s own words, select Indian religious texts and myths that he used, and the historical and cultural context of his activism, Veena R. Howard shows how Gandhi’s ascetic disciplines helped him mobilize millions. She explores Gandhi’s creative use of renunciation in challenging established paradigms of confrontational politics, passive asceticism, and oppressive social customs. Howard’s book sheds new light on the creative possibilities Gandhi discovered in combining personal renunciation, sacrifice, ritual, and myth for modern day social action.“Based on a detailed and close reading of Gandhi’s works, and considerable familiarity with Indian traditions, this book offers an informative and interesting account of the inner connections between his asceticism and nonviolent politics.” — Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster and the House of Lords“Well grounded in the contemporary scholarship on Gandhi, Veena Howard wisely takes her primary clues from Gandhi’s own claims about himself, read in accord with concepts central to Indian tradition. She brings out the substance and wisdom of his positions, without avoiding challenging questions about those ideals and practices.” — Francis X. Clooney, SJ, author of Comparative Theology: Deep Learning Across Religious BordersVeena R. Howard teaches Religious Studies and Asian Studies at the University of Oregon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action. To get started finding Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Discusses Gandhi’s creative use of ascetic practice, particularly his practice of celibacy, for nonviolent activism.More than six decades after his death, Mohandas Gandhi continues to inspire those who seek political and social liberation through nonviolent means. Uniquely, Gandhi placed celibacy and other renunciatory disciplines at the center of his nonviolent political strategy, conducting original experiments with their possibilities to gain practical, moral, and even miraculous powers for social change. Gandhi’s abstinence in marriage, eccentric views on sexuality, and odd ways of including his female associates in his practices continue to cause ambivalence among scholars and students. Through a comprehensive study of Gandhi’s own words, select Indian religious texts and myths that he used, and the historical and cultural context of his activism, Veena R. Howard shows how Gandhi’s ascetic disciplines helped him mobilize millions. She explores Gandhi’s creative use of renunciation in challenging established paradigms of confrontational politics, passive asceticism, and oppressive social customs. Howard’s book sheds new light on the creative possibilities Gandhi discovered in combining personal renunciation, sacrifice, ritual, and myth for modern day social action.“Based on a detailed and close reading of Gandhi’s works, and considerable familiarity with Indian traditions, this book offers an informative and interesting account of the inner connections between his asceticism and nonviolent politics.” — Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster and the House of Lords“Well grounded in the contemporary scholarship on Gandhi, Veena Howard wisely takes her primary clues from Gandhi’s own claims about himself, read in accord with concepts central to Indian tradition. She brings out the substance and wisdom of his positions, without avoiding challenging questions about those ideals and practices.” — Francis X. Clooney, SJ, author of Comparative Theology: Deep Learning Across Religious BordersVeena R. Howard teaches Religious Studies and Asian Studies at the University of Oregon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action. To get started finding Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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