| Abstract |
I present Gandhi's thought in light of conviviality, a concept coined by Ivan Illich. In particular, Gandhi'scriticism of modern civilization and his economic thoughts are important. He conducted charkha movement and advocated theory of trusteeship, in order to reconstruct a village-like society. These were attempts to demonstrate an ideal that people would live simple in the human-scale economy, and thus to establish convivial relationship among people in the present generation as well as between the present and future generations. Beyond Tagore's and Sen's ciriticism against Gandhi, his thoughts should be evaluated as suggestive to the present global society where ecological crisis and conflict over natural resources are becoming more and more serious. |