Devarakshanam Govinden (12 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This book marks the centenary of the 1913 Satyagraha Passive Resistance movement in South Africa, with the various contributors critically examining the significance and relevance of Satyagraha from different vantage points. Satyagraha, first coined, developed and practised in South Africa, continues to challenge and inspire individuals and peoples far and wide. With unrelenting conflicts across the world, leading to deaths, violence and displacements of families and communities, the need for social and political transformation and the moral quest for the harmony of all humanity is as pressing today as it ever was. The volume is significant as it forces us to not only deepen our critical understanding of the past, but also to know this past as the legacy from which we draw for the present and future. The essays here show that there has been a continual attempt to understand and grapple with the term Satyagraha. Some have been at pains to remind adherents of the essence of Satyagraha. At the same time, there were those who modified and adapted Satyagraha according to their own understandings and objectives or who used the idea as a strategy rather than as an ideal. While some clung to the ideal of Satyagraha, others did not violate its principles through a lack of understanding, but felt that a purist interpretation was not feasible on the ground. The shifting and fluid differences on a wide spectrum among many who worked with Gandhi or with his concept of Satyagraha are reflected in the essays in this collection. (jacket). …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The collection of essays is written from the vantage point of the global South. The author considers key issues in post-apartheid South Africa, with particular reference to the experiences of South African Indians, as expressed in their recent writings. The expansion of our sense of history by a spate of fictional and biographical writings has prompted reflections on memory-making, identities, community, and nation-building at the present juncture. The influence of Gandhi as well as profiles of other writers is included. The perennial and universal issue of the connection between art and politics is an important sub-text of this collection. 268 pp. Englisch.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Autor/Autorin: GOVINDEN DEVARAKSHANAMDr DEVARAKSHANAM GOVINDEN is an Academic, Researcher and Writer, with research interests in Education, Literature and Feminist Theology. She is a SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, in the FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNVERSIT.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The collection of essays is written from the vantage point of the global South. The author considers key issues in post-apartheid South Africa, with particular reference to the experiences of South African Indians, as expressed in their recent writings. The expansion of our sense of history by a spate of fictional and biographical writings has prompted reflections on memory-making, identities, community, and nation-building at the present juncture. The influence of Gandhi as well as profiles of other writers is included. The perennial and universal issue of the connection between art and politics is an important sub-text of this collection.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The collection of essays is written from the vantage point of the global South. The author considers key issues in post-apartheid South Africa, with particular reference to the experiences of South African Indians, as expressed in their recent writings. The expansion of our sense of history by a spate of fictional and biographical writings has prompted reflections on memory-making, identities, community, and nation-building at the present juncture. The influence of Gandhi as well as profiles of other writers is included. The perennial and universal issue of the connection between art and politics is an important sub-text of this collection.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 268 pp. Englisch.…