Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Which of the following did Mahatma Gandhi describe himself as?
AA philosophical anarchist ✓ Correct
BA social democrat
CA liberal
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (A) A philosophical anarchist — Gandhi described himself as a philosophical anarchist, so the answer is a philosophical anarchist.
Explanation
★Gandhi described himself as a philosophical anarchist, so the answer is a philosophical anarchist.
★He held that the ideal social order would need no coercive state at all.
★In his vision of Ramrajya people govern themselves through self-discipline and dharma.
★The state, resting on force, is a form of violence that he distrusted.
★He looked towards a stateless society of self-reliant, self-governing villages.
★Yet he accepted a minimal state for the present as a necessary evil.
★So philosophical anarchism names his ideal of self-rule without coercion.
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