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Utopian visions of Mahatma Gandhi , Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurubindo, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain in Indian ashrams as an inspiration for education

Subject and Keywords:

utopia   India   educational ideologies   ashram   feminism

Abstract:

The author analyzes five types of utopian thinking and the idealistic societies centered around ashrams in India. Mahatma Gandhi’s first model of utopian thinking is based on the ideals of noncooperation, nonviolence, and civic disobedience. The second model of Rabindranath Tagory refers to education for all, taking responsibility for one’s own fate and improving the living conditions of the poorest. The third model, represented by Jiddu Krishnamurti, refers to the creation of new concepts in educating students based on their internal resources, rather than obligation, punishment and rewards, leading to blind imitation and competition. Aurobindo Ghose`s model is based on the feeling that we can work on our consciousness, where knowledge is sought for knowledge and character building ,not grades and diplomas. The last model of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain refers to the feminist vision of a utopia in which women rule the world.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Instytut Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Date issued:

2022

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

chapter

Identifier:

doi:10.34616/146552   ISBN 978-83-62618-75-0

Language:

pol

Access rights:

Attribution, ShareAlike

License:

Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Location of original object:

Biblioteka Instytutu Pedagogiki UWr

Autor opisu:

z.m.