Gandhian Perspective Research Articles

Provincializing europe: towards a post-colonial reconstruction: a critique of baconian science as the last stand of imperialism

This article treats Europe's claim to universality as its problematic, and contends that any serious attempt to reorganize the past and/or the future must subvert the European appropriation of the universal. Noting that the justification for Europe's ‘confiscation’ of the universal is often grounded in the argument that only Europe has succeeded in inventing an epistemological tool (namely, Baconian science) that successfully opens the doors to Truth, the article seeks to further its project of provincializing Europe by demonstrating the inadequacy of Euro-science as humanity's chosen vehicle to Truth. This the article does by developing the thesis that violence is encoded in the very fabric of modern science. Following a broadly Gandhian perspective, therefore, the article rejects science's epistemological pretensions. Such rejection of Euro-science, the article points out, leads also to a denial of Europe's presumed universality. Finally, the paper offers some preliminary thoughts on a post-science reorganization of knowledge-creative practices.

Nonviolence and human values: Empirical support for theoretical relations.

Individuals such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully employed nonviolent strategies to attain significant political goals. Despite the implications of their achievements, psychologists have rarely studied predispositions to nonviolent behavior empirically. The purpose of this article is to link the current literature on human values with the literature on nonviolence from a Gandhian perspective. This study investigates the relations among nonviolent personality predispositions (via the Nonviolence Test; Kool & Sen, 1984) and values (via the Values Questionnaire; Schwartz, 1992, 1994) in adolescents and adults in the western United States. The theoretical case is made that nonviolent predispositions are positively related to the value types of universalism, benevolence, and conformity. Some empirical support for these relationships is provided, and recommendations are made for future research on nonviolent personality predispositions.

Book Review: "From Conversion to Fellowship: The Hindu-Christian Encounter in the Gandhian Perspective"

Book Review: "From Conversion to Fellowship: The Hindu-Christian Encounter in the Gandhian Perspective"

Sustainable development: The Gandhian perspective

Sustainable development: The Gandhian perspective

Total Development. Essays Towards and Integration of Maxian and Gandhian Perspectives.

Total Development. Essays Towards and Integration of Maxian and Gandhian Perspectives.

Women, Social Change and Religion in Gandhian Perspective

Women, Social Change and Religion in Gandhian Perspective

Decentralisation and Political Development in India—A Gandhian Perspective

Decentralisation and Political Development in India—A Gandhian Perspective

Education for Disarmament* A Gandhian Perspective

Education for Disarmament* A Gandhian Perspective