MGPE-008 Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution
Week
Topics
Week-1
Gandhian Perspectives on Peace
Understanding Peace
Peace Traditions, Peace Movements, Peace-building and
Peace-building Approaches
Tolerance, Harmony and Forgiveness
Role of Education in making Harmonious Society
Untouchability: An Obstacle to Harmonious Society
Forgiveness as an act of Non-violence
Week-2
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN GANDHIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE (i)
Faith in Human Goodness
Truth
Non-violence
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN GANDHIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE (ii)
Creative Self-suffering
Means and Ends
Rejection of Coercion
Fearlessness
Week-3
Understanding Sources of Conflict
Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Human Nature and Conflict
Society and Conflict
Sources of Conflict
Culture
Ideology
Religion
Identity
Week-4
APPLICATIONS OF GANDHIAN APPROACH TO PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (CASE STUDIES)
SEWA
The First Intifada
Petra Kelly
German Greens
Week-5
Western Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Dialogue, Negotiation and Facilitation
Arbitration and Adjudication
Essential Skills for Facilitation
Approaches to Negotiation and Mediation
Process of Negotiation
Process of Mediation
Non-Western Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Satyagraha
Strike
Fasting
Community Peace
Week-6
Gandhi’s Methods of Conflict Management, Transformation and Resolution
Mediation and Reconciliation
Relevance of Dialogue and Negotiation
Clash of Interests and Gandhian Way of resolution
Week-7
Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution
Types of Nonviolent Action
The Dialectics of Satyagraha
Principles of Satyagraha
Process of Satyagraha
Application of Satyagraha to Various Kinds of Conflicts (i)
Inter-personal Conflicts
Legal Conflicts
Application of Satyagraha to Various Kinds of Conflicts (ii)
Industrial Conflicts
Social Conflicts
International Conflicts
Week-8
Gandhi on Violence, Conflict and Conflict Resolution
The Concept of Mediation
Reconciliation
The Idea of Shanti Sena
Week-9
Gandhi as an Ambassador of Peace
Gandhi’s twin-principles of Peace: Truth and Non-violence
State and Civil Society as Instruments of Peace
Peace Movements in the post- Second World War phase
Gandhian approach to Terrorism
UN’s Recognition of Gandhian Principles
Week-10
Application of Gandhian Techniques in Noakhali
Application of Gandhian Techniques in North-East of India
Application of Gandhian Techniques in Sri Lanka
Week-11
Gandhi and Palestine
Application of Gandhian Techniques in Tibet
Application of Gandhian Techniques in Myanmar
Application of Gandhian Techniques in Bhutan
Week-12
A Comparison between Kashmir and the North-East
Idea of Fearlessness and Courage
Peace among Nations
Moral and Ethical Critique
