Gandhi and the Stoics : modern experiments on ancient values / Richard Sorabji.
| Author/creator | Sorabji, Richard author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2012] |
| Description | xiv, 224 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Gandhi's use of Platonic, Christian, and Stoic values : reinterpretation, experimentation, and mere convergence -- Emotional detachment : how to square it with love of family and all humans in the Stoics and Gandhi -- Emotional detachment : how to square it with politics in the Stoics and Gandhi -- Gandhi's individual freedom, and Isaiah Berlin on Zeno's "sour grapes" -- Nonviolence as universal love : origins and Gandhi's supplements to Tolstoy : dilemmas, successes, and failures -- From universal love to human rights? -- Persona and svadharma : is duty universalizable or unique to the individual? -- Hesitations about general rules in morality -- Moral conscience -- Restrictions on private property in Gandhi, Christianity, Plato, and the Stoics -- Isaiah Berlin's Stoic revolution : depoliticization -- Gandhi's philosophical credentials, his lapses, and his distance from other philosophers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012010014 |
| ISBN | 9780226768823 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 0226768821 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40021618444 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS481.G3 S582 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |