The Un-Gandhian Gandhi: The Life and Afterlife of the Mahatma

by Claude Markovits

Book Overview

This major study reconsiders the creation of the Gandhian legend through the myriad texts and images that helped spread it through both India and the Western world. In revealing how the picture of the Mahatma as saint-as-politician was founded on Indian nationalistic selectivity and limited Western representations of Gandhi, Claude Markovits shows how Gandhi's legend has obscured the facts of his public career. Gandhi's professional role in the public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843311275
• ISBN13: 9781843311270
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"