TY - BOOK AU - Terchek,Ronald TI - Gandhi: struggling for autonomy SN - 9780847692156 U1 - 954.035092 TER 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Lanham, MD PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Gandhi, KW - Nationalists KW - India KW - Biography KW - Politics and government KW - 1919-1947 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index; L. Gandhian Autonomy -- 2. Reclaiming a Tradition and Making It Your Own -- 3. Gandhi's Critique of Modernity -- 4. Defending Civil Society by Questioning Modernization -- 5. Gandhi's Politics -- 6. Challenging Violence and Denying Perfectionism -- 7. Gandhi and the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix: Selections from the Gita N2 - This introduction to Gandhi's political thought argues that Gandhi's thought is animated by a concern for the equal respect and regard for all persons. The text describes how his writings illuminate several critical discourses in political theory ER -