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Gandhi, Deep Ecology, Peace Research and Buddhist Economics

The central importance of Gandhi to nonviolent activism is widely acknowledged. There are also other significant peace-related bodies of knowledge that have gained such popularity in the West in the relatively recent past that they have changed the directions of thought and have been important in en...

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Main Author: THOMAS WEBER
Format: Printed Book
Published: Journal of Peace Research vol. 36, no. 3, 1999, pp. 349-361 1999
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Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00595.pdf
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