A Gandhian Blueprint for Nonviolent Change

In: Peace & change: PC ; a journal of peace research, Band 32, Heft 4, S. 546-573

Abstract

This article presents a Gandhian‐style blueprint for nonviolent change. It is written with an eye toward assisting academics and educators, at both the secondary and postsecondary levels, in making Mohandas K. Gandhi accessible and relevant. It employs a heuristic designed to illustrate how Gandhian principles and practices can be implemented to achieve meaningful change. The heuristic builds on the old‐fashioned cliché for education, the three Rs, in which the three Rs here stand for resistance, reform, and redemption. Also described are the three Ss representing Gandhian self‐suffering, simplicity, and service, and the three Ts for trusteeship, tolerance, and truth. The resulting blueprint illustrates how Gandhi masterfully merged principles with practices, how he connected the personal to the public, and how he wove together the political, social, and spiritual aspects of his life and work.