The Common Cause: Postcolonial Ethics and the Practice of Democracy, 1900-1955

by Leela Gandhi and Professor Leela Gandhi

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Europeans and Americans tend to hold the opinion that democracy is a uniquely Western inheritance, but in The Common Cause , Leela Gandhi recovers stories of an alternate version, describing a transnational history of democracy in the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of ethics in the broad sense of disciplined self-fashioning. Gandhi identifies a shared culture of perfectionism across imperialism, fascism, and liberalism--an ethic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022601990X

ISBN13:9780226019901

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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History Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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