Gandhiji: A Study
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in modern history have commanded the moral authority and world-historical significance of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Gandhiji: A Study by Hiren Mukerjee stands as one of the most incisive political and philosophical portraits of the Mahatma ever committed to print. Mukerjee, a prominent Marxist intellectual and long-serving member of India's Parliament, presents a nuanced and rigorously analytical account of Gandhi's life, his doctrine of nonviolent resistance, and the complex role he played in shaping the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule. Where hagiography might obscure, Mukerjee's critical yet deeply respectful lens illuminates — charting the tensions between Gandhi's spiritual idealism and the hard political realities of a nation striving for self-determination. The work argues that Gandhi's genius lay not merely in his moral convictions, but in his extraordinary capacity to mobilise millions across lines of class, caste, and creed, transforming passive suffering into a powerful instrument of political will. A vital text for anyone seeking to understand the soul of modern India, this study leaves the reader asking a question that still resonates today: can moral force alone truly reshape the world?
Author: Hiren Mukerjee
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few figures in modern history have commanded the moral authority and world-historical significance of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Gandhiji: A Study by Hiren Mukerjee stands as one of the most incisive political and philosophical portraits of the Mahatma ever committed to print. Mukerjee, a prominent Marxist intellectual and long-serving member of India's Parliament, presents a nuanced and rigorously analytical account of Gandhi's life, his doctrine of nonviolent resistance, and the complex role he played in shaping the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule. Where hagiography might obscure, Mukerjee's critical yet deeply respectful lens illuminates — charting the tensions between Gandhi's spiritual idealism and the hard political realities of a nation striving for self-determination. The work argues that Gandhi's genius lay not merely in his moral convictions, but in his extraordinary capacity to mobilise millions across lines of class, caste, and creed, transforming passive suffering into a powerful instrument of political will. A vital text for anyone seeking to understand the soul of modern India, this study leaves the reader asking a question that still resonates today: can moral force alone truly reshape the world?