Gandhi and Sustainability. An Attempt to Update Timeless Ideas

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ID3256476
AuthorsWilhelm Guggenberger (0000-0003-1631-4189, Universität Innsbruck, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume12
Issue9
Pages753
Publication date2021-09-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12090753
OpenAlexW3201509196
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

Linking Gandhi and sustainability may seem like a fashionable gimmick at first glance. However, if sustainability is understood in a holistic way, as a transformation of human-environment relations as well as of social and economic structures, this image changes. If one also takes seriously that Gandhi's understanding of non-violence does not only include the avoidance of physical violence, but a fundamental attitude in different areas of life, such as economy or the use of technology, it becomes clear that sustainability, as it is currently being promoted by the United Nations in Agenda 2030, and Gandhi's concept of satyagraha pursue identical goals. Gandhi, as well as elements of the Christian ethical tradition, can enrich political programs with a spiritual dimension, without which profound changes in human attitudes will not be possible

Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Politics · Social sustainability · Sociology · Sustainability · Timeless · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Philosophy · Psychology · Ecology

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