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Gandhi And Rousseau as Critics of Modern Civilization: A Comparative Perspective

K. P. Mishra

The aim of this research paper is to compare the views of Rousseau and Gandhi keeping the deterioration in human life as result of vast mechanization, in mind.

Modern Civilization

During the past two decades post-modernism has become an important subject of debate among intellectuals.

Modern civilization has, of course provided enormous material comforts but it has also created some important problems like multiplicity of wants, growing violence, lack of community feeling, throat cutting competition and denial of human capacity to intervene in the social process.

Gandhi and Rousseau

Despite different perspectives, background, and theoretical frame works, Rousseau and Gandhi have striking similarities in their diagnosis of the evils of modern "immoral society" and they plead for the same solution.

Gandhi has an advantage over Rousseau considering