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Political Aspect of Non-Violence : 107
democracy is based presents it in the positive form of non-violence. Gandhian Political Thought
Non-violence is one of the philosophical back grounds of Gandhism. The Gandhian political thought is also based on nonviolence. Ghandhiji has asserted his ambition to establish the noneinjurious states in the world, particularly in India. But he has not presented any form of the government based on non-violence. As he has stated - "I have not shown knowingly - what will be the form of the government based on non-violence. The people themselves will know, when it will be formed, and it will be different from other governments.
The Gandhian political thought consists of the following factors
1) Philosophical Anarchism
2) Stateless Democracy
3) Decentralization
4) Village Republic
Philosophical Anarchism
No concept of state has been accepted by Gandhiji because, in his opinion, state is the symbol of violence. In his words -
"The right of state depends on violence and where there is violence there is exploitation. Even in the democratic state it happens so. The state represents violence in the organised form and group. A man is with soul but a state is an instrument without soul. It can never be separated from violence from which it has been originated. In a state an ethical performance is also impossible. A A state always orders and its orders are followed by it's subjects. The activity done willingly comes in the limit of ethical code. In the
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