Why the Dalai Lama is a Socialist - Terry Gibbs

Why the Dalai Lama is a Socialist

Buddhism and the Compassionate Society

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Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2017
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78360-645-0 (ISBN)
97,40 inkl. MwSt
A unique rethinking of Buddhist and socialist values, and how together they might bring about a better world.
To the surprise of many, the Dalai Lama recently declared that, 'I am a socialist'. While many Buddhists and socialists would be perplexed at the suggestion that their approaches to life share fundamental principles, important figures in the Buddhist tradition are increasingly framing contemporary social and economic problems in distinctly socialist terms.

In this novel and provocative work, Terry Gibbs argues that the shared values expressed in each tradition could provide signposts for creating a truly humane, compassionate and free society. Hopeful about our potential to create the ‘good society’ through collective effort, Why the Dalai Lama is a Socialist is grounded in the fundamental belief that everyday human activity makes a difference.

Terry Gibbs started her political life as an activist and popular educator working in solidarity with various social movements in Latin America. She has since lived, worked and conducted research around the world, landing in such places as a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, a Marxist guerrilla camp in Colombia, a biodiversity farm in India and a Buddhist monastery in Thailand. She also enjoys hanging out with her family, gardening and cooking. Terry currently teaches international politics at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada, and is co-author, with Garry Leech, of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (2009).

Introduction
1. Much Ado About No-Thing
2. Compassion is a Verb
3. Living in an Alienated World
4. Consumer Citizens in a Globalized Society
5. Bodies in the Basement
6. Capitalism and the Democratic Deficit
7. In Search of the Global Citizen
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 134 x 204 mm
Gewicht 426 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-78360-645-2 / 1783606452
ISBN-13 978-1-78360-645-0 / 9781783606450
Zustand Neuware
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