Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction; I. Perceptions of Gandhi: 1. IMAGES OF GANDHI: Gandhian Iconography; Gandhi and the West: The Saint and His Critiques; Gandhi's Image in France; Gandhi on the Screen: Consecration of the Icon; Gandhi in Indian Eyes: Diversity of Perceptions and Practices; 2. THE IMPOSSIBLE BIOGRAPHY OF MOHANDAS K. GANDHI: Gandhi's Biographers; Gandhi as the Limitations of Biography as a Genre; Gandhi as Hiw Own Biographer: The Autobiography; 3. GANDHI'S POSTHUMOUS LIFE: Gandhi in India After 1948: A Disputed Legacy; Gandhism and Its Interpreters; Gandhi ad Political Philosophy; Gandhi, Political Ecology, and Alternative Movements; II: Gandhi in History: 4. BIRTH OF A LEADER: Private Life, Public Life; The Contribution of South Africa; The Emergence of a National Leader in 1915-1920; The Transformation of Gandhi: Towards a New Political Idiom; 5. GANDHI AND INDIAN INDEPENDENCE: Gandhi and the End of Fear; Gandhi as an Organizer; Gandhi's Role in Anti-British Campaigns, 1920-1942; 6. GANDHI AND INDIAN SOCIETY: THE REFORMER AND HIS LEGACY: Gandhi and the Dignity of Manual Labour; Gandhi and the Reconstruction of the Indian Village; Gandhi and the Fight for the Abolition of Untouchability; 7. GANDHI IN THE TIME-FRAME OF INDIAN HISTORY: Between Victorian Intellectual and Neo-traditionalist Hindu; Gandhi and Bourgeois Nationalism; The Nature of Gandhi's Charisma; Gandhi and the Expectations of the Peasantry; 8. GANDHI AND NON-VIOLENCE: Non-violent Resistance: Gandhi's Contribution; From Saryagraha to Non-Violence: A Gandhian Itinerary; Nationalism and Non-violence in India in Gandhi's Lifetime: Myth and Reality; Gandhi and the Pacifists, The Exemplary Nature of Gandhian Non-violence; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index