Rousseau small biography of gandhiji

  • Yet, that is what he does throughout the autobiography.
  • Gandhi necessarily takes into account the small circle Interrelated transformations of Rousseau's life and of Western culture of his time.
  • This essay is an excerpt from a manuscript on one of the early applications of Gandhi's "nonviolent" technique in India.

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    Jean jacques rousseau (1712 1778)

  • 1. Educational Philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Presented by Dr. Diptansu Bhusan Pati, (M.A & Ph.D in Education)

  • 2. Introduction • “Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Author of Nature but everything degenerates in the hands of man.” Rousseau” • Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in Italy on 28th June 1712 and one of the famous philosophers of Naturalism school of thought. • His ideas on education have been clearly understood through his books. He has written six great books and they are: – The progress of Art and Science – The Origin of Inequality among Men – Discourse on Inequality – The New Heloise – Social Contract – Emile ences of his school life as teachers used to give corporal punishment to children and he was afraid of teachers. As the school environment was not amicable to the growth of children, he considered school education is of no use.

  • 3. Introduction • According to him, nature is the only pur

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    M. K. Gandhi (Author)
    Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, India. He studied law in London and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1891. He worked to improve the rights of immigrant Indians in South Africa, returning to India in 1915 to take up the struggle for independence from Britain. Gandhi never wavered in his belief in non-violent protest and in 1947 he succeeded in uniting India in a national movement. In January 1948 Gandhi was assassinated as he walked to take evening prayers.

    Tridip Suhrud (Introducer)
    Tridip Suhrud is a scholar, writer and translator who works on the intellectual and cultural history of modern Gujarat and the Gandhian intellectual tradition. As the director and chief editor of the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust (2012-17), Ahmedabad, he was responsible for creating a digital archive-the Gandhi Heritage Portal-of all of M.K. Gandhi's works. Apart from a number of books on Gandhi's life, Suhrud has co-edited the criti

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    Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction 0192854577, 9780192854575

    Table of contents :
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    Contents
    Acknowledgments
    List of Illustrations
    Chapter 1 - Life and work
    Chapter 2 - Religious thought
    Chapter 3 - Human nature
    Chapter 4 - Satyagraha
    Chapter 5 - Critique of modernity
    Chapter 6 - The vision of a non-violent society
    Chapter 7 - Critical appreciation
    Glossary
    Bibliographical Background
    Further Reading

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