Lanza Del Vasto Scholar's visit to the Ashram



 Dr. Alessandro Paolo’s visit

 to the Ashram in search of

understanding Gandhian heritage

Dr. Alessandro Paolo, a young researcher in political philosophy and intercultural pedagogy from Italy visited Sevagram Ashram on March 26, 2024.  He dedicated the last five years studying about non-violence as an all-embracing alternative paradigm, especially through a Ph. D. dissertation about Lanza del Vasto, direct disciple of Gandhi   who met  him  in January 1937 and  spent three months at Sevagram Ashram.  Gandhi had given the name Shanti Das to Lanza .



The title of Ph. D. for his thesis  of Alessandro Paolo  at the Department of  Humanities, education and Social  Sciences , University of Molise, Campobasso CB, Italy was  “Non-violence According to Lanza del Vasto and The Ark - Philosophical, socio-political and juridical implications for possible paths of intercultural pedagogy.Purpose of this first trip to India  was  to visit ashrams founded by the Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba and their followers, as well as to understand the situation of Gandhian teachings and heritage nowadays. 

 Dr. Siby K. Joseph , Director of Library and Research Centre of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan  guided him in the ashram visit and held discussions with him on Gandhi and Lanza. Dr. Siby K. Joseph worked on Lanza and published a couple of books.  He was happy to see the works of Lanza del Vasto at  the Library and Research Centre of the Ashram. He shared a soft copy of his PH. D. thesis for archive of  Library and Research Centre. He expressed his gratitude to the ashram for facilitating the study visit.


 Cover page of Ph. D. thesis of  Alessandro  Paolo 

UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE

 


DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE UMANE, SOCIALI E DELLA FORMAZIONE

 






CORSO DI DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN

Innovazione e Gestione delle Risorse Pubbliche

Storia delle istituzioni, mutamenti politici e comunicazione interculturale

XXXV CICLO

 

TESI

 

La Non-violenza di Lanza del Vasto e dell’Arca:

Spunti filosofici, socio-politici e giuridici per percorsi di pedagogia interculturale.

 

M-PED/01

 

 

Coordinatore

Chiar.ma Prof.ssa Francesca Di Virgilio

 

Tutor

Chiar.ma Prof.ssa Patrizia Panarello (Universitá di Messina)

Chiar.mo Prof. Giovanni Maddalena

 

 

 

Dottorando

dott. Alessandro Paolo

 

 

 

 

CAMPOBASSO

__________________________

Anno Accademico 2021/2022

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