Buddhism and Political Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhism and Political Theory write by Matthew J. Moore. This book was released on 2016-05-03. Buddhism and Political Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite the recent upsurge of interest in comparative political theory, there has been virtually no serious examination of Buddhism by political philosophers in the past five decades. In part, this is because Buddhism is not typically seen as a school of political thought. However, as Matthew Moore argues, Buddhism simultaneously parallels and challenges many core assumptions and arguments in contemporary Western political theory. In brief, Western thinkers not only have a great deal to learn about Buddhism, they have a great deal to learn from it. To both incite and facilitate the process of Western theorists engaging with this neglected tradition, this book provides a detailed, critical reading of the key primary Buddhist texts, from the earliest recorded teachings of the Buddha through the present day. It also discusses the relevant secondary literature on Buddhism and political theory (nearly all of it from disciplines other than political theory), as well as the literatures on particular issues addressed in the argument. Moore argues that Buddhist political thought rests on three core premises--that there is no self, that politics is of very limited importance in human life, and that normative beliefs and judgments represent practical advice about how to live a certain way, rather than being obligatory commands about how all persons must act. He compares Buddhist political theory to what he sees as Western analogues--Nietzsche's similar but crucially different theory of the self, Western theories of limited citizenship from Epicurus to John Howard Yoder, and to the Western tradition of immanence theories in ethics. This will be the first comprehensive treatment of Buddhism as political theory.
Buddhism and Political Theory
Buddhism and Political Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhism and Political Theory write by Matthew J. Moore. This book was released on 2016. Buddhism and Political Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of Buddhist political theory from the time of the Buddha to the present.
Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar
Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar write by Matthew J. Walton. This book was released on 2017. Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Walton explains political dynamics in Myanmar through Buddhist thought, providing a conceptual framework for understanding Myanmar's ongoing political transition.
Being Benevolence
Being Benevolence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Being Benevolence write by Sallie B. King. This book was released on 2005-06-30. Being Benevolence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Engaged Buddhism is the contemporary movement of nonviolent social and political activism found throughout the Buddhist world. Its ethical theory sees the world in terms of cause and effect, a view that discourages its practitioners from becoming adversaries, blaming or condemning the other. Its leaders make some of the most important contributions in the Buddhist world to thinking about issues in political theory, human rights, nonviolence, and social justice. Being Benevolence provides for the first time a rich overview of the main ideas and arguments of prominent Engaged Buddhist thinkers and activists on a variety of questions: What kind of political system should modern Asian states have? What are the pros and cons of Western "liberalism"? Can Buddhism support the idea of human rights? Can there ever be a nonviolent nation-state? It identifies the roots of Engaged Buddhist social ethics in such traditional Buddhist concepts and practices as interdependence, compassion, and meditation, and shows how these are applied to particular social and political issues. It illuminates the movement’s metaphysical views on the individual and society and goes on to examine how Engaged Buddhists respond to fundamental questions in political theory concerning the proper balance between the individual and society. The second half of the volume focuses on applied social-political issues: human rights, nonviolence, and social justice.
Buddhism and Political Theory
Buddhism and Political Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhism and Political Theory write by Matthew J. Moore. This book was released on 2016. Buddhism and Political Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of Buddhist political theory from the time of the Buddha to the present.
