A Gandhian Perspective on Peace

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3916103
AutoresAnima Bose (Ministry of Education, New Delhi, autor correspondente)
Ano1981
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas159-164
Data de publicação1981-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002234338101800204
OpenAlexW2007649697
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas1

In Gandhi's theory of peace, human values take great prominence. Nonviolence (ahimsa) is a way of life rather than a tactic, and, together with the search for truth (satyagraha), makes the difference between passive submission to injustice, and an active struggle against it. This struggle excludes both physical violence and casting the opponent in the role of enemy, and hence presupposes compassion and self-criticism. The notion of welfare to all (sarvodaya) also sees peace as incompatible with exploitation or inequality of wealth. Peace is not seen as an end state, but as a continuous revolutionary process, where ends cannot be separated from means

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