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Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Part I Gandhi and the Psychology of Wisdom -- 1 Gandhi's Truth as a Precursor of Authentic Wisdom -- Gandhi's Wisdom: Lessons from the Founding Father of Modern Psychology in the East -- The Psychology of Human Wisdom -- Issues with Research on the Psychology of Wisdom -- References -- 2 Milgram's Lost Gandhi: Whither Gandhi's Wisdom of Nonviolence in the Psychology of Wisdom -- Gandhi and William James' Moral Equivalent of War -- Nonviolence as Wisdom -- Gandhi's Understanding of Human Cognition -- Gandhi's Understanding of Human Motivation -- Nonviolence as a Science and Precursor of Wisdom -- References -- Part II Gandhi's Wisdom in the Interdisciplinary Perspective -- 3 On Seeking Wisdom in Gandhi's Silence -- Gandhi's Silence -- The Neuropsychology of Silence -- The Psychology of Silence -- Our Appraisal of Silence in Everyday Life -- References -- 4 Nonviolent Self-Efficacy for Social Transformation and Health: Theoretical and Empirical Bases -- Self-Efficacy Approaches: Major Contours -- Skills for Gandhian Nonviolence: Three Clusters -- Means -- Collective Efficacy -- Role of Spirituality -- Pilot Survey -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Significance of Gandhi's Fasts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective -- Introduction -- The Cultural Context of Gandhi's Fasts -- Fasting for the Sins of Others -- Fasting as a Weapon of Nonviolence -- The Power of Fasting -- Distinction Between a Fast and a Hunger Strike -- Fasting as a Science -- Fasting: Public or Private? -- Fasting and Love -- Fast Unto Death as the Ultimate Weapon -- Other Considerations -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Self- and Other-Purification as Gandhi's Way of Un-othering -- Othering and Its Nature -- Muslims as the Other.
Shudras as the Other -- Un-othering and Its Nature -- The Gandhian Method of Un-othering -- Self-Purification as a Way of Un-othering -- Other-Purification as a Way of Un-othering -- In Sum -- References -- 7 Gandhi's Theory of Trusteeship and Its Influence on Employee Ownership in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- Part 1-The Lack of Progress Towards a Trusteeship Model for All Businesses -- Part 2-Workers' Trusteeship Responsibilities Achieved Through EO -- Part 3-The Challenge of Making the Twenty-First Century Corporation Responsible to Society -- Part 4-EO with Added Gandhian Purpose -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Calling Orientation as Sustainability in Gandhi's Wisdom -- The Concept of Calling Orientation -- Calling Orientation and Organizational Sustainability -- Organizational Sustainability in the Gandhian Perspective -- Good Citizenry as an Outcome of Nonviolence -- Replication of Community Feeling in an Organizational Context -- Application of Gandhi's Wisdom in Organizational Behavior -- References -- 9 The Wisdom of Gandhi: Achieving a Sustainable Economy -- Introduction -- Main Pillars of Gandhi's Economic Thoughts: Truth (Satya) and Nonviolence (Ahimsa) -- Property Rights and Aparigriha (Non-possession) and Sarvodaya (Welfare of All) -- Capital and Labor -- Village Production and Decentralization of Economy -- Relevance of Gandhian Economics Today -- Applied Cases of Gandhian Economic Thought -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Turing Testing and Gandhi's Wisdom in the Era of Cognitive Computing -- Beyond Darwin: Exaptation and Gandhi -- Cognizing Gandhi's Wisdom in Psychology of Technology -- On the Applications of Converging Technologies and Cognitive Computing -- Perspectives in Living with Humanoid Gandhi -- Research Trajectory for Studying Gandhi's Wisdom -- References.
11 Situated Moral Practice: Resisting Authority in Stanley Milgram's "Obedience" Experiment -- Situated Moral Practice in Milgram's Lab -- Moral Resistance and Power -- Data and Methods -- The Sequential Context of Resistance: Directive-Response Sequences -- Resistance to Continuation -- Competing Sequential Relevancies -- Discussion -- References -- 12 The Primacy of Intention and the Duty to Truth: A Gandhi-Inspired Argument for Retranslating Hiṃsā and Ahiṃsā -- Reading Gandhi: My Context -- Twenty-First Century Challenges for Advocates of Nonviolence -- Hiṃsā and "Violence" -- Ahiṃsā and "Nonviolence" -- Words as Windows into Moral Accountability -- Alternative Translations -- Where Does This Leave Us? -- Postscript: Training in Beneficence -- References -- Part III On Living as Gandhi -- 13 My Journey to Gandhi -- The First Noble Sound -- The Journey Begins -- The Thirst for Meaning -- Our Challenge -- Courage Against Violence -- References -- 14 From Past to Present: Gandhi's Relevance for Today -- A Soldier for Peace -- Mentors and Models -- A Revolution in the Revolution -- More Power Than We Know -- Dr. King: The American Gandhi -- How the Gandhian Method Works -- Empirical Confirmation -- Climate Action, Gandhian Ways -- References -- 15 Gandhi's Contribution to a War Free World: My Inspiration -- My Route to Gandhi -- Gandhi's Adoption of Nonviolence -- Gandhi, Ahimsa and War -- Crisis -- A Greater Challenge -- The Modus Operandi of Satyagraha -- A War-Free World -- References -- Part IV The Interminable Wisdom of Gandhi -- 16 Gandhi's Wisdom in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond -- Why Do We Need Gandhi More Than Ever Before in Our Search for Wisdom? -- On Moving Away from the Study of Negative Forms of Behavior: The Context of Gandhi's Wisdom -- Faith, Wisdom, and Gandhi -- Wisdom Is Psychological and Yet Not so Psychological.
On the Wisdom of Machines -- Wisdom, Nonviolence, and Happiness: Gandhi's Seasons of Life -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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Gandhi and the psychology of nonviolence . Volume 1 Scientific roots and development / / V. K. Kool, Rita Agrawal
