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Essays on modernism, democracy and well-being : a Gandhian perspective

Author: Ramashray Roy; Ravi Ranjan
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, 2016.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A tour de force in understanding the failure of democracy in providing human well-being
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Roy, Ramashray.
Essays on modernism, democracy and well-being.
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Inc., 2016
(DLC) 2016001162
Named Person: Gandhi, Mahatma
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ramashray Roy; Ravi Ranjan
ISBN: 9789351508113 9351508110
OCLC Number: 934627776
Description: x, 312 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: Transformation of Order : Two Examples --
Modernism and Democracy : Twin Props of the Autonomous Self --
Democracy : The Case of Moral Deficit --
Democracy : Myth and Reality --
Fault Line of Democracy --
Making Sense of Social Justice --
The Elusive Search for Community --
Back to the Roots --
Philosophical Background of Gandhi's Thinking --
Gandhi's Critique of Democracy --
Local Democracy : Jefferson and Gandhi --
Sarvata : Modern Man in Search of Wholeness.
Responsibility: Ramashray Roy, Ravi Ranjan.

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An elusive search for true democracy in the vision of the Rig Veda... the crux of the book under review can be summed up as follows- "Democratic government is, in fact, of the people; it is however, Read more...

 
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