Debating Swaraj

Debating Swaraj studies Gandhiji’s notion of swaraj as a ‘living concept’, and extends it to various aspects of the political community. The book tries to understand political community by juxtaposing the state/government with the increasingly blurred distinction between peoples’ participation and decision-making on behalf of the people. Studying Gandhi’s view of swaraj as a ‘living alternative’ for current times, Debating Swaraj offers a detailed interpretation in a manner that reclaims the centrality of the people in a nation-state. Gandhi believed that real swaraj is not majoritarianism; it is rule by the people for justice.