Political Philosophy

Understanding Mahatma Gandhi’s eco-ethical philosophy in the context of his idea on Swaraj

Abstract: During the last couple of decades, the world is witnessing a gradual rise in temperature with incessant occurrence of heat waves and haphazard climate change. Economic growth is inextricably linked to environmental crisis. Modern day economics is driven by anxiety, greed and competitive schizophrenia – the repercussion of which is severe environmental damage breaking […]

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RAMMOHUN ROY: IDEAS AND RELEVANCE

A typical example of Western assessment of Indian political thought is provided by Dunning. He concludes that India does not have any political thought because of the dominance of religion and theology. “The Oriental Aryans, comments Dunning, “never freed their politics from the theological and metaphysical environment in which it is embedded today” (1966, 4).

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