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Mahatma Gandhi Global Peace Analysis

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Key words:- Global peace, nonviolence, nuclear, ideology, war, arms.

This paper to analyze the relevance of Gandhian ideas of nonviolence as a solution to solve the crisis focusing on International peace, brotherhood and the social abnegation conception of human nature on psychological factors. After the end of the second world war has revolutionized man’s perception of his problems and his environment. There is a new sense of urgency in political leaders and international organizations to grapple with the momentous problems of peace and war. We are witnessing a actual arms buildup in the Conventional and nuclear spheres. The super powers, and other advanced nations of the west and many developing countries are spending astronomical sums …show more content…

As a heard headed realist he knows that human beings are a peculiar blend of a good and bad. Therefore, Gandhi takes on altruistic conception of human nature. As one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century Gandhi exhibits a very judicious understanding of mass human psychology. He believes that the inexorable drive towards the development of scientific and technological societies and the consequent emphasis on materialism degrades the human spirit and all that is best in man. Probably Gandhi feels that the craze for an industrial and material civilization provides the instrumentalities in the hands of human beings to develop thermonuclear weapons of mass destruction. Therefore, Gandhi in his long public life frequently refers to the need for the nobler instincts in man to manifest themselves in place of the animal instincts in man. Gnadhi is of the opinion that conventional wars and nuclear wars are the manifestation of the animal instincts in human life. He, therefore, advocates the practice of nonviolence through satyagraha, the theory of trusteeship, and a concept of happiness which emphasizes the idea that lesser the needs greater the happiness, as remedies for preventing the outbreak of conventional and nuclear

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