Rethinking "Hind Swaraj": An Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 2, 2009 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM | External Event, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Combination Room |
Description
2009 is the centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi’s “Hind Swaraj”, a text often cited for its seminal influence on the Indian Nationalism Movement. Written on board a ship during Gandhi’s return trip from England to South Africa, this relatively small book encapsulates a number of ideas that remain central to Gandhi’s conceptual understanding of colonialism, tradition, society and self-rule.
The objective of this one day conference is to engage with the text, from very different disciplinary perspectives to appraise, rethink, and analyze the constitutive aspects of “Hind Swaraj”. Whether one agrees or not with the conceptual framework advanced by Gandhi, it is impossible not to acknowledge the complexity of the text or its resonance in contemporary Indian life. The conference, then, is an opportunity for both celebration and critical appraisal of a thoughtful, ambivalent and intriguing text.
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