Philosophers for Peace Talk - Ramin Jahanbegloo (University of Toronto)
Philosophers for Peace Talk Speaker: Ramin Jahanbegloo (University of Toronto, Department of Political Science and Centre for Ethics) Talk Title: "The Global Gandhian Moment"
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Feb 08, 2012 from 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM |
| Where | Larkin Building, Room 200 |
| Contact Name | Prof. Daniel Goldstick |
| Contact Phone | 416-978-2055 |
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"The Global Gandhian Moment"
Abstract: The year 2011 will remain for people in the Middle East and around the world as as a momentous year in the history of Gandhian nonviolence.
Despite their geographic and cultural diversity, nonviolent movements in
Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen exhibited a remarkable
similarity to Gandhi's and King’s strategies for checking power and
opposing violence in India and in the United States decades ago. Gandhi
believed that human destiny has constantly been on the move to
nonviolence. It is true that this view is challenged by new forms of
conflict and violations of human rights in the world. The recent wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan showed us that the universality of nonviolence is
ineffective to stop the dominating will of one nation or of one man.
However, what is also true is the fact that there is a growing awareness
of the need to go beyond this violence.
