Hildegard Goss-Mayr – eine Pionierin der Gewaltfreiheit und ihre Bedeutung für die Friedensforschung

Abstract

Hildegard Goss-Mayr sees herself first and foremost as a teacher and witness of the power of nonviolence. From this experience she lives her commitment and passes it on to others. Her understanding of nonviolence as a basic attitude is fed by Christian sources, whereby she always emphasizes its universality, as it is also demonstrated in the text “Elemente der Gutekraft” presented here. Goss- Mayr’s pioneering achievement for peace research consists in the development of both a basic concept and a model for training work with people affected by violence, which anticipates current discussions in peace research today.