The Iyer, Raghavan 1930-1986 creator text New Delhi Oxford University Press 2000 monographic xiii, 449 p. ; 22 cm Iyer elucidates the central concepts in the moral and political thought of Mahatma Gandhi and brings out the subtlety, potency and universal import of Gandhi's political ethic, in theory and in practice. CONTENTS: Introduction -- The indictment of modern civilization -- The purification of politics -- The need for absolute values and for vows -- Human nature, progress and perfectibility -- Individual conscience and heroism in society -- Satya absolute and relative truth - - Ahimsa nonviolence as a creed and a policy -- Satya and Ahimsa the relation between truth and nonviolence -- Satyagraha active and passive resistance -- The scope and significance of Satyagraha -- Swaraj and swadeshi self- rule and self-reliance -- Means and ends in politics -- Assessment. Raghavan N. Iyer Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-421) and index Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Nonviolence Political ethics 0195651952 2005283471 6668