The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Paranjape, Makarand R
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I: Birth traumas of the nation; 1. Who killed Gandhi?; 2. The event; 3. The post-mortem; 4. The memorialization; 5. The repression; 6. The unbearability of patricide; 7. Oedipus in India; 8. The pollution; 9. The haunting; 10. The guilt; 11. The modernity of patricide; 12. The Mahatma's endgame; 13. Gandhism vs. Gandhigiri: the life and afterlife of the Mahatma; 14. Beyond the monument: remembering the Mahatma; 15. Gandhi and Anti-Oedipus. Part II: 'My death is my message': Mahatma, the last 133 days16. Arrival in Delhi; 17. 'Do or die': an old formula in the capital of New India; 18. The final yajna; 19. Partitioning women; 20. Gandhi at an RSS rally; 21. Saving India; 22. Ahimsa: 'softer than a flower and harder than a stone'?; 23. Hindu-Muslim amity; 24. The art of dying; 25. From repression to redemption?; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (421 pages)
• Subjects: 954.03/5092 954.035092; HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia; Assassination; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Politics and government; India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947; India -- Politics and government -- 1947-; India; Electronic books; Assassination; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317682349; 1317682343; 9781317682332; 1317682335
• Related ISBNs: 9781317682349; 1317682343
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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