Giuseppe Lanza del Vasto and the Community of the Ark: a project for school and non-violent, spiritual and moral education

Abstract

This paper intends to trace Giuseppe Lanza del Vasto’s interpretation of education. He was an intellectual who lived in the twentieth century and who was considered to be the sole, true western disciple of Gandhi in Europe. In particular the author focuses on the role he bestowed upon the school, as a place of education, but even more so as a centre of experience for moral and spiritual learning.