PP230 Chapter : Pp 230 Weeks 7-9.docx
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Gandhi"s approach to conflict resolution reveals the workings of a remarkably radical thinker. Although nonviolence played an important role in early indian philosophies, it was gandhi who transformed what was traditionally considered to be an individual concern into a societal and political one. It was gandhi who made the most significant personal contribution in the history of nonviolent technique, with his political experiments in the use of noncooperation, disobedience and defiance to control rulers, alter government policies, and undermine political systems. 2. Gandhi conducted many nonviolent struggles in his lifetime. He first began his nonviolent approach to conflict in 1906 in south africa, in an effort to stop the white suprematist oppression of indians. One of his more well-known struggles occurred in vykom in 1924-1925, when he succeeded in his efforts to allow untouchables (members of the lowest hindu caste) to use a road that had previously been forbidden for them to use.
