Common cause : postcolonial ethics and the practice of democracy, 1900 - 1955 /
The Common Cause: Postcolonial Ethics and the Practice of Democracy, 1900–1955
Leela Gandhi.
- London : Ranikhet The University of Chicago Press, Permanent black 2014.
- xi, 240 pages ; 21 cm
Rs.495/- Gratis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-227) and index.
Introduction: moral imperfection: an ethics for democracy -- After virtue: the strange case of belle époque socialist antimaterialism -- On descent: stories from the gurus of modern India -- Elementary virtues: Great War and the crisis of European man -- Inconsequence: some little-known mutinies around 1946 -- Epilogue: paths of ahimsaic historiography.
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Democracy Postcolonialism--Moral and ethical aspects. Anti-imperialist movements--India.