Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru

<p>First published in 1961 <i>The Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru </i>is an attempt to coordinate Jawaharlal Nehru's ideas which in essence reflect his political philosophy. Nehru distinguished himself as a philosopher-politician thinking somewhat as a philosopher while working as a politician steering his political ideas between idealism and realism. In an eventful life his had been the many-sided role of a revolutionary and a nationalist a democrat and a socialist an internationalist and a pacifist a head of the government and above all a lone individual and thinker. Nehru preserved his individuality through all external influences including those of Gandhi and Marx and it is this which remains the keynote of his thought. It has been the aim of the author to present in an objective way the ideas of the man in the light of his own words as available from a wide range of material. This book will be of interest to students of history political science and philosophy.</p>