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Pollinators for a Truly Smarter Planet:Using Gandhian Traditions of Dialogical Reasoning to Frame and Foster Rural Development


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The enduring fascination of Gandhiji lies in his multiplicity: there are as many “Mahatma Gandhis” as there are people who met him1 , opines one author, one may add today that there are as many Gandhis (sans the Mahatma in cases with other labels in cases) as one wants to interpret. The philosopher, Akeel Bilgrami states that“ It’s generally fool hardy to write about Gandhi, not only because youare never certain you’ve got him right, but because you are almost sure to have him wrong. …The truth of his claims seem to him so instinctive and certain that mere arguments seem frivolous even to readers who disagree with them”. How does one interpret a complex persona as Gandhi and someone whose works spans across disciplines (something that is evident even through the diversity of the articles in this very collection of articles)?
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J. Gray Cox
Department of Philosophy and Peace Studies, College of the Atlantic, India

Abstract


The enduring fascination of Gandhiji lies in his multiplicity: there are as many “Mahatma Gandhis” as there are people who met him1 , opines one author, one may add today that there are as many Gandhis (sans the Mahatma in cases with other labels in cases) as one wants to interpret. The philosopher, Akeel Bilgrami states that“ It’s generally fool hardy to write about Gandhi, not only because youare never certain you’ve got him right, but because you are almost sure to have him wrong. …The truth of his claims seem to him so instinctive and certain that mere arguments seem frivolous even to readers who disagree with them”. How does one interpret a complex persona as Gandhi and someone whose works spans across disciplines (something that is evident even through the diversity of the articles in this very collection of articles)?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd%2F2019%2Fv38%2Fi3%2F147919