Abstract Amidst the resurgence of scholarship on pacifism, this essay seeks to critically interrogate certain influential sections within pacifism which characterise Gandhi as a pacifist, and his philosophy pacifism. After pointing out shortcomings existing attempts problematise pacifist connotations Gandhi, I adopt cosmological approach reading Gandhi. argue that such an enables us view uncrit...

Some new primary sources make an important contribution to re-thinking Olive Schreiner’s ideas about war and pacifism are discussed in depth their analytic reverberations explored. Many previously unknown Schreiner letters postcards her niece Lyndall (Dot) have become available; open letters, essays allegories written over the Great War period been collected published; manuscripts of unfinished...