When bodies speak differently : putting Judith Butler in conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on nonviolent resistance

dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Louiseen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVosloo, Janaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-23T07:16:35Z
dc.date.available2021-12-23T07:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionCITATION: Du Toit, L. & Vosloo, J. 2021. When bodies speak differently : putting Judith Butler in conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on nonviolent resistance. Religions, 12(8):627, doi:10.3390/rel12080627.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.mdpi.com
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article puts political philosopher Judith Butler in conversation with Gandhi, on the topic of nonviolent resistance. More particularly, we compare them on a systematic philosophical level. Although we focus on Gandhi’s more activist side, by delving into the ontological presuppositions that Butler and Gandhi share, we can do some justice to how his activism is firmly rooted in a faith-based understanding of the world. We discuss four themes in each of which they complement each other: namely, the ontological roots of the nonviolent imperative; their rejection of an instrumental view of violence; nonviolent resistance seen as communicative action; and nonviolence viewed as a way of life. This discussion shows that while they have very different starting points and vocabularies, and while some tensions remain, there is much scope for cooperation, solidarity and alliance between religious and nonreligious practitioners of nonviolent resistance.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/8/627
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent16 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Toit, L. & Vosloo, J. 2021. When bodies speak differently : putting Judith Butler in conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on nonviolent resistance. Religions, 12(8):627, doi:10.3390/rel12080627.
dc.identifier.issn2077-1444 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.3390/rel12080627
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124019
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPIen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectNonviolenceen_ZA
dc.subjectGandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948en_ZA
dc.subjectButler, Judith, 1956-en_ZA
dc.subjectPassive resistanceen_ZA
dc.titleWhen bodies speak differently : putting Judith Butler in conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on nonviolent resistanceen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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