ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses the contemporary paths of peace and nonviolence have been constantly the objects of mutual influence and sometimes even overlaps that have led the concepts of "peace" and "nonviolence" to be often grossly confused, associated with one another or to be erroneously used interchangeably. Mohandas Gandhi and Abdul Ghaffar Khan's nonviolence was therefore inextricably bound up with the ethico-religious aspects of their cultural group of belonging. In a world plagued by nuclear threat, by brinkmanship and by a fragile balance of power, Norberto Bobbio's contribution to the theme of peace and nonviolence has made a decisive step towards a resolution of the problem. If Johan Galtung fundamentally focused on the sociological study of peace from a medico-scientific point of view, Gene Sharp was interested in a pragmatic study of the techniques of nonviolence.
