TY - GEN TI - The Coffee House and the Ashram: Gandhi, Civil Society and Public Spheres Y1 - 2003/// T3 - Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/3723/ ID - heidok3723 SN - 16175069 A1 - Hoeber Rudolph, Susanne A1 - Rudolph, Lloyd I. N2 - This paper considers what light the associational forms that Gandhi created shed on the debate about civil society and the public sphere in political and social theory. As John Keane remarks, "reflexive, self-organizing non-governmental organizations that some call civil society can and do live by other names in other linguistic and cultural milieus". How does his "Indian" variant square with the practice and concept of civil society and public sphere as they have evolved in European history, thought and practice? KW - India KW - Political Science KW - Civil Society KW - Political Theory AV - public ER -