• Dr Madhu Prashar

Dialectic by definition is that conflict of reason where the individual is confronted with two conflicting issues, both of which are equally plausible, and a solution is sought. An integral part of Gandhi's Satyagraha is a philosophy of conflict, which seeks to reconcile or synthesize ends and means through a philosophy of action. According to Bondurant "Satyagraha refers not to an end product, but to a means for achieving agreement. It is dynamic, not static. It allows for the fullest realisation that means are ends-in-the-making, or ends in process". 39 Thus, Satyagraha may cogently be analysed in terms of dialectic. The Gandhian dialectic, which forms the kernel of Satyagraha, quite unlike the Hegelian and Marxian dialectical system, does not refer to noumenal phenomenal system, nor does it merely describe some metaphysical order. It is a process, to be made explicit by human action, not to be found as implicit either in the nature of things or progress of time. It is prescriptive in nature not descriptive (as compared to Marxian dialectics).

SATYAGRAHA A STUDY IN GANDHIAN DIALECTICS

"SATYAGRAHA A STUDY IN GANDHIAN DIALECTICS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 12, page no.645-650, December 2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701500.pdf

"SATYAGRAHA A STUDY IN GANDHIAN DIALECTICS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 12, page no. pp645-650, December 2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701500.pdf