ABSTRACT
For Gandhi, nonviolence was a universal aspiration.1 Gandhi’s Western
interpreters also embraced this view,2 and in the half-century since the
Mahatma’s passing, ‘Gandhism’ has enjoyed international influence.
Indeed, Gandhi’s methods have been applied by civil-rights campaigners in
the US, pacifists in Britain, environmentalists in Australia, human shields
in Iraq and peace brigades around the world.
