Author

Publication

2014-03-31 - University of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10022601987X
  • ISBN-139780226019871
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013036399
  • OCLC Control Number858672841
  • Better World Books9780226019871
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Classifications

  • LCCJC423.G36 2014
  • LCCJC423 .G36 2014

Description

This is an ethical history of democracy in the first half of the 20th century. In this era, Gandhi argues, the concept of ethics had obtained a ubiquitous application. No longer the denominator for right and wrong or good and bad behaviour, merely, it came to designate all projects of disciplined self-fashioning. These could tend either toward exclusivity and hierarchy or toward a more inclusive universalism, depending on the players. Gandhi discloses a shared ethos of perfectionist values across imperialism, fascism, and new liberalism.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Common CauseHardcoverUniversity of Chicago Press2014-03-31

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