Gandhi & Contemporary World

Gandhi & Contemporary World

1 Gandhi- Life and Times

  1. Childhood
  2. Years in England
  3. Struggle in South Africa
  4. The Struggle in India
  5. Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

2 Gandhiโ€™s Conception of Modern Civilisation and Alternative Modernity

  1. Gandhiโ€™s Idea of Civilization
  2. Modern Civilization and Loss of Indiaโ€™s Freedom
  3. Critique of Industrialization and Mechanization
  4. Education as Critique of Modernity

3 Gandhiโ€™s Critique of Development

  1. Inequitable Development
  2. Violence and Development
  3. Development Destroying Environment
  4. New Concepts of Development
  5. Gandhiโ€™s Vision and Critique of Development

4 Swaraj

  1. Swaraj
  2. Political Swaraj
  3. Economic Swaraj
  4. Social Swaraj
  5. Swaraj as Self-Control

5 Swadeshi

  1. Swadeshi: Self-Reliance
  2. Swadeshi: An Economic Philosophy
  3. Village Economy
  4. Swadeshi Movement
  5. Khadi: Symbol of Economic Sufficiency
  6. Swadeshi: A Religious Idea

6 Satyagraha

  1. Concept of Satyagraha
  2. Sources of the Ideas of Satyagraha
  3. Satyagraha vs Duragraha
  4. Superiority of Satyagraha to Passive Resistance
  5. Satyagraha opposed to Militant Nationalism
  6. Satyagrahiโ€™s Code of Conduct
  7. Satyagraha Civil Disobedience and Non-Cooperation
  8. Satyagraha Movement in British India
  9. Satyagraha in the French and Portuguese India
  10. Satyagraha Legacy outside India
  11. Contemporary Relevance

7 Trusteeship

  1. Concept of Trusteeship
  2. Trusteeship Formula
  3. Trusteeship-An Ancient Indian Concept
  4. Kinds of Property
  5. State Regulated Trusteeship

8 Non-Violent Movements

  1. Nature of Non-violent Movements
  2. Non-violent Movements after Independence

9 Pacifist Movements

  1. What is Pacifism?
  2. Pacifism for Conflict Resolution
  3. Gandhi and Pacifism
  4. Eminent Pacifists
  5. Relevance of Pacifism in Contemporary World

10 Womenโ€™s Movements

  1. Gandhiโ€™s Perspective on Women
  2. Nature of Womenโ€™s Movements
  3. Womenโ€™s Movements in India
  4. Fundamental Rights v/s Muslim Personal Law

11 Environmental Movements

  1. Environmental Movements
  2. Chipko Movement-1973
  3. Narmada Bachao Andolan-1985
  4. Silent Valley Movement-1986
  5. Water Conservation Movement-2000
  6. Greenpeace Movement-1971

12 Social Harmony

  1. True Meaning of Harmony
  2. Harmony in the West
  3. Classification of Harmony
  4. The Concept of Social Harmony
  5. Factors Disturbing Social Harmony
  6. Gandhi on Social Harmony

13 Education

  1. Meaning of Education
  2. Aims of Education
  3. Bases of Education
  4. Current Status
  5. Gandhiโ€™s Scheme of Education

14 Ethics and Morality

  1. Non-Violence
  2. Truth
  3. Non-stealing
  4. Celibacy
  5. Non-possessiveness
  6. Character
  7. World Peace