Human history has been marked by the great number of people born
into conditions of war, violence, oppression and social exclusion.
But at the same time, this history has been shaped by the long
struggle for human rights and the people who have committed
themselves to the practices of solidarity and nonviolence. The
Power of Hope: Thoughts on Peace and Human Rights in the Third
Millennium is a dialogue between two high-profile activists and
thinkers who discuss the concrete ways we can shift to a world that
prioritises justice and human dignity. Adolfo Perez Esquivel -
Argentinian human rights activist and winner of the 1980 Nobel
Peace Prize - played a vital role in resisting military
dictatorship and was arrested and tortured under the Argentine
militarist government. Daisaku Ikeda is a peacebuilder, Buddhist
philosopher, educator, author and poet as well as being the
founding president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), the world's
largest Buddhist lay organisation. Their dialogue intertwines their
rich personal experiences in the struggle for human rights with
wider reflections on how to make the Third Millennium the
millennium of peace. The book combines rich accounts of Latin
America under the brutality of the 1970s military regimes; insights
from the Buddhist faith on the role of meditation for human rights
activists; recognition of the crucial role of women in the practice
of nonviolence; thoughts on international geopolitics and the
legacies of Hiroshima; and discussion of the perilous role of
globalisation in the loss of identities and ethical values.
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