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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">46778</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2025-30-3-578-588</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">BKUUJP</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Gandhi as a Brand: How Intermedia Advertisements Subvert His Transversal Values</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Ганди как бренд: эволюция разрушения трансверсальных ценностей в медийной рекламе</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6922-7156</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Rai</surname><given-names>Dhananjay</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рай</surname><given-names>Дхананджай</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr., Associate Professor, Head of Department, Department of Ganhian Thought and Peace Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>PhD, доцент, заведующий кафедрой гандийской мысли и изучения мира</p></bio><email>statuscivilis@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7103-0007</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Thakur</surname><given-names>Akash Singh</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тхакур</surname><given-names>Акаш Сингх</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Research Scholar, Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>научный сотрудник, факультет гандийской мысли и изучения проблем мира</p></bio><email>akashsinghthakur97@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Central University of Gujarat</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Центральный университет Гуджарата</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">New Indiaʼs voice: media, culture, and communication</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Новый голос Индии: медиа, культура и коммуникации</issue-title><fpage>578</fpage><lpage>588</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-30"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Rai D., Thakur A.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Рай Д., Тхакур А.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Rai D., Thakur A.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Рай Д., Тхакур А.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/46778">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/46778</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Examined the process of media reinterpretation of Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy in 20th-21st century Indian advertising. Drawing on 37 case studies, it demonstrates how the philosopher’s transversal values (ahimsa, swaraj) are supplanted by commercial narratives, reducing his ideas to utilitarian slogans. As a result, Gandhi’s iconography in popular culture transforms the philosopher into a brand serving consumer society, while advertising practices dilute his political philosophy, emphasizing superficial symbols (clothing, glasses) within the framework of heteronomous preferences. In the contemporary digital world, Gandhi’s transversal values are under threat. This process reflects a global trend of commodifying historical figures, where depth is replaced by questionable utility. The methodological framework combines visual analysis of advertising imagery and discourse analysis of its interplay with Gandhi’s original texts, worldview, and his archetype as a moral sage and mentor. The study contributes to the debate on the conflict between cultural memory and the logic of media markets.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Исследуется процесс медийного переосмысления наследия Махатмы Ганди в индийской рекламе XX-XXI вв. На материале 37 кейсов демонстрируется, как трансверсальные ценности философа (ахимса, сварадж) замещаются коммерческими нарративами, что приводит к редукции его идей до утилитарных лозунгов. В итоге иконография Ганди в популярной культуре превращает философа в бренд, обслуживающий интересы потребительского общества, рекламные практики нивелируют его политическую философию, акцентируя поверхностные символы (одежда, очки) в контексте гетерономных предпочтений. В современном цифровом мире трансверсальные ценности Ганди находятся под угрозой. Этот процесс отражает глобальный тренд коммодификации исторических фигур, где глубина подменяется сомнительной полезностью. Методологическая основа включает визуальный анализ рекламных образов и дискурс-анализ их взаимодействия с оригинальными текстами Ганди, его мировоззрением, образом праведника, наставника-мудреца. Исследование вносит вклад в дискуссию о конфликте между культурной памятью и логикой медиарынков.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Mahatma Gandhi</kwd><kwd>India</kwd><kwd>iconography</kwd><kwd>advertising texts</kwd><kwd>media</kwd><kwd>media culture</kwd><kwd>satyagraha</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Махатма Ганди</kwd><kwd>Индия</kwd><kwd>иконография</kwd><kwd>рекламные тексты</kwd><kwd>медиа</kwd><kwd>медийная культура</kwd><kwd>сатьяграха</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Benjamin, W. (1969). The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. In H. Arendt (Ed.), Illuminations (H. Zohn, Trans., pp. 117–253). 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