Gandhi, Leela, 1966-

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

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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.

172.095409041 GAN