Article Title

Letting Gandhi In

Authors

Joshua Clark, Denison University
Emily Teitelbaum, Denison University

Abstract

Clark and Teitelbaum contemplate the seemingly unending cycle of violence in human history and look to nonviolent resisters as an example of how to break this pattern. They build this hope for a future unburdened of war on Gandhi's belief that all people are essentially loving. That love, he argued, must just be freed of the superficial societal pressures that debilitate it.

Clark and Teitelbaum look not only toward Gandhi's successful use of non-violent resistance, but also to other examples such as the Mothers of the Plazo de Mayo who protested the disappearance of people during Argentina's Dirty War. These successful implementations of nonviolent resistance, Clark and Teitelbaum claim, prove that nonviolent resistance cannot be thrown away as an impossible standard. Instead, they argue for nonviolent resistance as an inspirational possibility that can put an end to the cycle of violence and establish a more hopeful future.

Recommended Citation

Clark, Joshua and Teitelbaum, Emily (2005) "Letting Gandhi In," Denison Journal of Religion: Vol. 5, Article 8.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.denison.edu/religion/vol5/iss1/8