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Summary: Gandhi: The Nonviolent Revolutionary
Review: After a short account of why Gandhi's life was that of a moral exemplar, I turn to Gandhi's account of nonviolence. I provide an account of Gandhi's nonviolence and nonviolent noncooperation, defend Gandhi's nonviolence against scholarly criticisms, and summarize Gandhi's account of nonviolence toward animals. I next turn to Gandhi's vision of how we should live. I show that Gandhi championed equality, women's rights, full employment, appropriate technology, decentralization, and the independent self-reliant village, while criticizing communism, capitalism, and globalization. Gandhi's blueprint for how we should live involved simplicity, nonviolence, and community. I assess this blueprint on economic, ethical, social, and environmental grounds by addressing pertinent objections. I end the book with a discussion of Gandhi's advocacy of "inner work" to free ourselves from fears and desires that support socially and environmentally degrading activities.
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Summary: Gandhi: The Nonviolent Revolutionary
Review: After a short account of why Gandhi's life was that of a moral exemplar, I turn to Gandhi's account of nonviolence. I provide an account of Gandhi's nonviolence and nonviolent noncooperation, defend Gandhi's nonviolence against scholarly criticisms, and summarize Gandhi's account of nonviolence toward animals. I next turn to Gandhi's vision of how we should live. I show that Gandhi championed equality, women's rights, full employment, appropriate technology, decentralization, and the independent self-reliant village, while criticizing communism, capitalism, and globalization. Gandhi's blueprint for how we should live involved simplicity, nonviolence, and community. I assess this blueprint on economic, ethical, social, and environmental grounds by addressing pertinent objections. I end the book with a discussion of Gandhi's advocacy of "inner work" to free ourselves from fears and desires that support socially and environmentally degrading activities.
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