Was Gandhi’s Idea of Freedom Anti-democratic? -Reading through his Hind Swaraj

Vol-4 | Issue-04 | April 2019 | Published Online: 15 April 2019    PDF ( 139 KB )
Author(s)
Sujin Babu 1

1PhD Research Scholar, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai (India)

Abstract

This article critically analyzes idea of freedom in the book, Hind Swaraj written by Gandhi in 1933. It as an attempt to prove that the idea of freedom he puts forward I this book is purely anti-democratic as it contradicts with the ideologies of the modern day democracy. It is however true that he changed his stance on many ideas he propagate in this book later on.

Keywords
Gandhi, Swaraj, Democracy, Freedom, Idea.
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