Recent Posts by Stephanie

Vegetarianism

13 Apr 2010 in Concepts&Definitions

Many feel that true nonviolence cannot stop at the human community only, and indeed philosophers in the Ancient world, both Greek and Roman, pointed out that cruelty to animals was only a prelude or enabling factor to cruelty to one’s fellow humans.
 
Gandhi, who was a vegetarian all his life (with a few adolescent [...]



Positive Psychology

13 Apr 2010 in Concepts&Definitions

This term refers to the scientific study of the emotions and states of mind that contribute to human empathy and community, as opposed to the one-sided emphasis on mental illness and dysfunction that have long prevailed in psychology as in many branches of social science.



Negative Peace

13 Apr 2010 in Concepts&Definitions

A state in which there is not – or not yet – open conflict between state actors.  All the tensions that break out in open conflict may still exist in such a state, which many people unfortunately confuse with ‘peace,’ just as nonviolence is often confused with non-violence or the mere absence of open conflict [...]



Reverse Strike

13 Apr 2010 in Definitions&Methods

The term ‘strike in reverse’ was used by Danilo Dolci, sometimes called ‘the Sicilian Gandhi,’ to describe an action where the citizens of Partinico, whom he had come to help with their desperate poverty, mustered out and built a badly needed road to their community when the government had refused to do so or to [...]



Vinoba Bhave

13 Apr 2010 in Definitions&People

Vinoba Bhave (1895-1982) was widely regarded as Gandhi’s spiritual heir. The Mahatma appointed (or should we say, ‘anointed’) Vinoba to be a ‘Satyagraha of one’ in 1940 when he wanted to show the British raj that he was still in open resistance to its rule but did not feel it was proper to launch full-scale [...]



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