Gandhi, Leela (1966-....)

The common cause postcolonial ethics and the practice of democracy, 1900 - 1955 / [Texte imprimé] : Leela Gandhi - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, cop. 2014 - 1 vol. (XI-240 p.) ; 24 cm

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Introduction: moral imperfection: an ethics for democracy -- After virtue: the strange case of belle époque socialist antimaterialism -- On descent: stories from the gurus of modern India -- Elementary virtues: Great War and the crisis of European man -- Inconsequence: some little-known mutinies around 1946 -- Epilogue: paths of ahimsaic historiography

978-0-226-01987-1

Democracy--Moral and ethical aspects Postcolonialism--Moral and ethical aspects Postcolonialism--India Anti-imperialist movements--India

172.095409041