ABSTRACT
This book presents the first systematic critical exploration of the philosophical and political thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo, both pioneers of modern Indian thought. Bringing together experts from across the world, the volume examines the thoughts, ideas, actions, lives and experiments of Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo on themes such as radical politics and human agency; ideals of human unity; social practices and citizenship; horizons of sustainable development and climate change; inclusive freedom; conceptions of swaraj; interpretations of texts; Sri Aurobindo’s views on Indian culture; integral yoga; transformative leadership; Anthropocene and alternative planetary futures. The book discusses the contemporary legacies and works of the two influential thinkers. It offers insights into historical, philosophical, theoretical, literary and sociological questions that establish the need for transdisciplinary dialogues and the relevance of their visions towards future evolution.
This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of political science, Indian political thought, comparative politics, philosophy, Indian philosophy, sociology, anthropology, modern Indian history, peace studies, cultural studies, religious studies and South Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |37 pages
Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo
part I|58 pages
Life, history and visions
chapter 2|13 pages
A Meeting That Never Happened
chapter 4|11 pages
Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo
part II|92 pages
Reinterpretations of Indian and World traditions and a new hermeneutics of transformations
chapter 6|16 pages
Interpretation of the Bhagavadgītā during the Freedom Struggle in India and the Theory of Revision of Institutions
chapter 8|16 pages
India and the West in Encounter
chapter 9|14 pages
Re-Reading Ananthamurthy's Samskara
part III|110 pages
Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo and contemporary challenges of integral development, social transformations and planetary realizations