Essential Components of Gandhi's Nonviolence
International Fellowship Program on Nonviolence and Peace IFPNP-2 Study Material - 2 Esse ntial Components of Gandhi's Nonviolence 1. Human beings are a mixture of animal, humane and divine. Gandhi emphasized on the divine element in human beings. 2. Anthropological studies suggest human beings exist today due to cooperation and adaptability. Cooperation is normal; violence is disruption of this normality. 3. In the case of justificatory violence, the basic question is who or which group justifies the violence? 4. Achieving peace through violence bounds to maintain peace only through violence. Then there is no way to come out of the vicious circle of violence. Thus to use violence strategically is incorrect for achieving peace. 5. It is essential to differentiate between Strategic nonviolence propounded by Gene Sharp and principled non
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