First edition

Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-politics is a book written by philosophers Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan. It was published by Bloomsbury Academic, UK. The book is based on analysis of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy and has received a positive reception.

Reception

Bernard Stiegler admired the work, in that it reconsidered the history of nihilism in the eschatological contemporaneity and criticalised Gandhi's thoughts from a new perspective.[1][2] Robert Bernasconi admired the profound impact of the work, in that it warranted a re-examination of Gandhiji's thought-school and also served as a reflection on the usual Western interpretations of India.[2][3] Jean-Luc Nancy wrote the foreword and admired the work, as well.[2]

In Open, Siddharth Singh praised the pioneer attempt at a re-interpretation of Gandhi's thought-school using philosophical models, without being overtly dependent on ex-post-facto political developments.[4] Reviewing for The Indian Express, Raj Ayyar admired the work to be highly informed, which sidestepped the usual binary of being either overtly hagiographic or outright vituperative in nature.[5] He further praised the concept of scalology.[5] Another review by Aakash Joshi admired the work as well, in that it distanced itself from political correctness and tackled a lot of usually whitewashed controversies in Gandhi's life using novel philosophical concepts, without necessarily delving into a black-and-white territory.[6]

A review by The Book Review noted the work to be a closely argued and seminal volume, which utilized novel philosophical concepts in dissecting and analyzing Gandhi; the development of scalology and hypophysics were praised, in particular.[7] A review over The Hindu noted the book to be an adventurous but affectionate work, which established Gandhi as a serious philosopher for time and beyond.[8] In a review for The Wire, J. Reghu praised the work as a highly original contribution, which ushered in a remarkable moment for classical philosophy in the subcontinent.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Stiegler, Bernard (14 November 2018). Qu'appelle-t-on Panser ?: 1. L'immense régression. Les Liens qui Libèrent. ISBN 979-1-02-090559-8 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 "Reviews Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-politics". Bloomsbury Academic, UK.
  3. ↑ India, Bloomsbury (14 March 2019). Robert Bernasconi speaking at the launch of 'Gandhi & Philosophy' (Videotape).
  4. ↑ Singh, Siddharth (27 September 2019). "A philosophical appraisal of Gandhi's outlook and ideas". Open Magazine.
  5. 1 2 Ayyar, Raj. "Bending the binary". The Indian Express.
  6. ↑ "A new book examines what we talk about when we talk about the Father of the Nation". The Indian Express.
  7. ↑ Tankha, V. "Philosophizing Gandhi". The Book Review.
  8. ↑ Suhrud, Tridip (17 August 2019). "'Gandhi and Philosophy – On Theological Anti-Politics' review: Leap of faith". The Hindu.
  9. ↑ "Gandhi as Chrysalis for a New Philosophy". The Wire.
  10. ↑ Raghuramaraju, A (3 August 2019). "Gandhi in the Company of Western Philosophers". Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 54, no. 31. pp. 28–30.
  11. ↑ Dwivedi, Divya; Mohan, Shuja (2015-06-05). "Parentheses of Philosophy". Economic and Political Weekly. 54 (40).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.