National Imagination and Topology of Cultural Violence: Gandhian Recontextualization of “Violence” and “Peace”
Abstract: Violence, as a concept, has shaped most of human history and discourse. Over the centuries, the concept has gone through dynamic evolutions and should be understood in relation to diverse agents such as nation, nostalgia, and culture. Modern society’s tendency to impede and constrain overt forms of violence has paved the way for covert forms to exist…