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Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights: Dissonances and Resonances
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Abstract The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raise the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. The question applies both to the viola... mehr
The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raise the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. The question applies both to the violation of basic rights in Buddhist countries and to the defence of those rights which are well-grounded in Buddhist teachings. The volume provides academic essays that reflect this up to now rather neglected issue from the point of view of the three main Buddhist traditions, Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. It provides multi-faceted and surprising insights into a rather unlikely relationship.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Buddhismus; Menschenrechte; Asien; Myanmar; China; Thailand; Tibet; Humanismus; Religion
Klassifikation
Religionssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Burma; Cultural Clash; Intercultural Studies; Religious Studies; Sociology of Religion
Konferenz
International Symposium "Buddhism and Human Rights: Theory - Practice - Outlook". Hamburg, 2008
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
246 S.
Schriftenreihe
Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization, 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839412633
ISBN
978-3-8394-1263-3
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 3.0