Essays on Modernism, Democracy and Well-Being: A Gandhian Perspective

By Ramashray Roy and Ravi Ranjan

Book Overview

A tour de force in understanding the failure of democracy in providing human well-being. Has democracy ended human suffering, a task that the political system set out for itself? Or is democracy incompatible with modernity and, therefore, fails to achieve human well-being? If so, are we left with any option? The book asks these acutely political questions and states emphatically that democracy has failed to ensure the well-being of humanity as a whole. Further, it tries to answer this by exploring the Gandhian alternative to modernism and democracy in contemporary times. In the words of the authors themselves, 'We are aware that in a world divided into a number of ideological camps, the way out suggested in this book will invite ridicule and accusation of orthodoxy. However, the truth has to be told, no matter what the reaction'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0742MZS4K
• ISBN13: 9789351508113
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"