Civil Disobedience, Threats and Offers: Gandhi and RawlsComparing the Gandhian idea of civil disobedience to those of Rawls and other modern thinkers, Haksar here demonstrates the relevance of Gandhi's thought to contemporary society and politics. |
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| Title | Civil Disobedience, Threats and Offers: Gandhi and Rawls |
| Author | Vinit Haksar |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0195619560, 9780195619560 |
| Length | 58 pages |
| Subjects | › Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language |
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