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Buddhism in the Public Sphere - Reorienting Global Interdependence (Paperback)
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Buddhism in the Public Sphere - Reorienting Global Interdependence (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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The core teachings and practices of Buddhism are systematically
directed toward developing keen and caring insight into the
relational or interdependent nature of all things. Hershock applies
Buddhist thought to reflect on the challenges to public good,
created by emerging social, economic, and political realities
associated with increasingly complex global interdependence.
In eight chapters, the key arenas for public policy are addressed:
the environment, health, media, trade and development, the
interplay of politics and religion, international relations, terror
and security, and education. Each chapter explains how a specific
issue area has come to be shaped by complex interdependence and
offers specific insights into directing the growing interdependence
toward greater equity, sustainability, and freedom. Thereby, a
sustained meditation on the meaning and means of realizing public
good is put forward, which results in a solid Buddhist conception
of diversity. Hershock argues that concepts of Karma and emptiness
are relevant across the full spectrum of policy domains and that
Buddhist concepts become increasingly forceful as concerns shift
from the local to the global.
A remarkable book on this fascinating religion, Buddhism in the
Public Sphere will be of interest to scholars and students in
Buddhist studies and Asian religion in general.
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