Noor Cultural Centre & York University are delighted to present:

The Gandhian Moment
by Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Noor Chair in Islamic Studies at York University

with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama


Program
Speakers:

Narda Razack, PhD – Associate Dean External of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University
Samira Kanji– President, Noor Cultural Centre

and

Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo– Author,’The Gandhian Moment‘
Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo is a philosopher, author, and professor. He is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University, serving also as its Noor Chair in Islamic Studies.  Professor Jahanbegloo is an advisory board member of PEN Canada, and a winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain

Refreshments & Book Signing

Date: Thursday April 4, 2013
Time: 6 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: Free


About the Book
The Gandhian Moment (Harvard University Press, 2013)
Gandhi is revered as an historic leader, but the importance of his practical achievements have obscured Gandhi’s stature as an extraordinarily innovative political thinker. This book presents Gandhi the political theorist—the intellectual founder of a system predicated on the power of nonviolence to challenge state sovereignty and domination.  It guides us through Gandhi’s core ideas, shows how they shaped political protest from 1960s America to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond, and calls for their use today.
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