1st Edition

Buddhism in the Public Sphere Reorienting Global Interdependence

By Peter D. Hershock Copyright 2006
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Liberating Environments  2. Health and Healing when Relationships are Basic  3. Trade, Development, and the Possibility of Post-Market Economics  4. Technology, Media, and the Colonization of Consciousness  5. Governance Cultures and Countercultures: Religion, Politics and Public Good  6. Diversity as Commons: International Relations Beyond Competition and Cooperation  7. From Vulnerability to Virtuosity: Reflections on Responding to Terrorism and Tragedy  8. Educating for Virtuosity

Biography

Peter D. Hershock is Coordinator of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i.  His research interests focus on the philosophical dimensions of Chan Buddhism and on using the resources of Buddhist thought and practice to address contemporary issues.  He is the author of several books and articles on Buddhist Philosophy and Chinese Religion and Philosophy.