Editorial: Remembering Mahatma as Gandhi: Gandhi as Political Philosopher and Social Theorist

Mahatma Gandhi

Economic Thought of Gandhi

"I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE DILIGENT READER OF MY WRITINGS AND to others who are interested in them that I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my search after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things. Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concern...

Following Gandhi: Social Entrepreneurship as A Non-Violent Way of Communicating Sustainability Challenges

In the context of the Rio Earth Summit numerous international regimes, national policies and organizational guidelines have appeared that help translate the normative demands of sustainable development into political reality. The implementation of these instruments, however, often runs into difficulties or fails entirely. An example is the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), a progressive appro...

the Gandhi everyone loves to Hate

Gandhi has legions of admirers, but he has also been the target of severe, even virulent, criticism from numerous perspectives. Though Gandhi still commands veneration from many, he is also someone everyone loves to hate. Some critics fault him for particular positions, such as his support of the Khilafat movement, his inexplicable views on the Bihar earthquake, his deployment of Hindu imagery ...

Gandhi and Marx: Ideas on Man and Society

GANDHIAN THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY OR HIS METHOD OF ACTION HAVE been a frequent subject for books and articles, but a new impetus has been given to this by the ushering in of the Gandhi year. The relation between man and society was central to Gandhi's thought and this aspect of his philosophy has attracted special attention particularly among Indian Marx1sts who are themselves interested in this ...