Mahatoma as National Hero

该项目旨在将甘地定位为印度民族主义运动中的民族英雄，以及在20世纪印度建国的流行环境中具有精神魅力的圣雄（伟大的灵魂）。从我的文章《甘地——人民之神，国父》（1999）开始，我做了以下的工作来了解印度的过去和现在，印度曾经坚定地建立在甘地政治的意识形态和制度之上。(1)对大众政治学术前沿的挑战：通过实地调研、搜集档案资料、质疑比较政治学的框架等方式，切入政治学家鲜有研究的大众政治领域。我在德里和印度北部进行了一次短暂但卓有成效的研究之旅，以了解当今普通人的政治意识。我的文章《暴乱的政治过程：1992-93年的孟买》（2001）和《妇女与民主：印度的实验》（2003）是这项工作的直接成果。(2)对印度政治的重新评价：在当代关于印度民族主义的争论中，甘地及其时代是首要的目标。我的文章《印度的理念》（2003）意在从2000年代的角度重新评估甘地的民族主义。《克什米尔：处于国家形成的边缘》是另一本。(3)在这三年中，性别研究意外地吸引了我，让我发现甘地和他的非暴力思想的意义。我有四篇文章：《世界政治的性别化》（2000）、《妇女与民主》（2003）、《南亚的性别与武装冲突》（2002）和《论萨提》（2002）。甘地追求和平共处和解决冲突的思想和实践，对今天的女权主义和和平研究无疑是重要的。

This project aimed to situate M. K. Gandhi as a national hero in Indian nationalist movements as well as a spiritual charisma, Mahatma (Great Soul), in the popular milieu of nation-making in 20^<th> century India. Starting from my article, 'Gandhi-God of People, Father of Nation' (1999), I have done the following works to understand the past and the present of India, which used to be firmly based on the ideology and institutions of Gandhian politics.(1) Challenge to the Academic Frontier of Popular Politics : I tackled the field of popular politics which was hardly studies by political scientists : conducting field research, collecting archival materials and questioning frameworks of comparative politics. A short but very fruitful research trip was done in Delhi and Northern India to come to know the political consciousness of ordinary people today. My articles of 'The Political Process of Riots : Bombay, 1992-93' (2001) and 'Women and Democracy : the Experiment of India' (2003) are direct results of this work.(2) Re-evaluation of Indian Politics : In the contemporary debates on Indian nationalism, Gandhi and his age is the primary target. My article, 'The Idea of India' (2003), is meant to re-evaluate Gandhian nationalism from the eyes of 2000s. 'Kashmir : At the Edge of State-Formation' is another.(3) During these three years, gender studies have surprisingly attracted me to find the significance of Gandhi and his ideas of non-violence. There are four articles of mine : 'Engendering World Polities' (2000), "Women and Democracy' (2003), 'Gender and Armed Conflicts in South Asia'(2002), and 'On Sati (2002). The idea and practice of Gandhi, pursuing peaceful coexistence and conflict resolution, will be definitely important to feminist and peace studies today.