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Tag Archives: Mohandas K. Gandhi
Comparative Political Leadership: Gandhi vs. Contemporary Leaders
By Robert J. Burrowes On 2 October 2019, it will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gujarat, India. I would like to reflect on the visionary leadership that Gandhi offered the world, briefly comparing … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Economics, education, Environment, History, Inequality, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Ahimsa, Conflict, culture, Economics, Education, environment, Inequality, Leadership, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Nonviolence, Philosophy, politics, psychology, Satyagraha, Socialization, society, Sociology, spirituality, Violence
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In Defense of the Human Individual
By Robert J. Burrowes While it is now very late in the life cycle of homo sapiens, with extinction now due to consign us to Earth’s fossil record – see ‘Will humans be extinct by 2026?’ – I would like … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Children, Conformity, culture, environment, Individuality, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Nonviolence, Philosophy, psychology, School, Socialization, society, Violence
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Why War? Building on the legacy of Einstein, Freud and Gandhi
By Robert J. Burrowes In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein conducted a correspondence subsequently published under the title ‘Why War?’ See ‘Why War: Einstein and Freud’s Little-Known Correspondence on Violence, Peace, and Human Nature’. In many ways, this dialogue … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, conditioning, consciousness, culture, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality, war
Tagged Albert Einstein, Johan Galtung, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Nonviolence, Philosophy, psychology, Satyagraha, Sigmund Freud, society, Sociology, Violence, Why War?
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