Daisaku Ikeda and Dialogue for Peace (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Urbain, Olivier

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The prominent Buddhist religious leader and advocate for peace, Daisaku Ikeda, has placed dialogue at the centre of his efforts towards securing global justice and conflict resolution. However, far from constituting abstract plans for the future of the world, Ikeda's dialogues represent very concrete and focused activity. He concentrates on one significant individual (such as Joseph Rotblat, Linus Pauling and Mikhail Gorbachev) at a time, or sometimes small groups, in order to attempt the transformation of thinking and society through intense discussion. This book offers detailed exploration of this crucial aspect of Ikeda's philosophy of peace. Contributors examine topics such as: the background to Ikeda's dialogic thinking as found in the Lotus Sutra; Buddhism as a practical philosophy of dialogue; Ikeda's use of dialogue, specifically in the field of education; and dialogue in relation to the abolition of nuclear weapons. Ikeda's concept of dialogue emerges as a paradoxical movement towards common ground based on respectful difference. This study will appeal to students of peace, politics and modern Buddhism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857724557
• Artikelnr.: 59779604

Autorenporträt

Olivier Urbain is Director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. He is the author of Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace: Dialogue, Transformation and Global Citizenship (2010) and the editor of Music and Conflict Transformation: Harmonies and Dissonances in Geopolitics (2008), both published by I.B.Tauris.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Breaking Boundaries and Challenging Conventional Wisdom through
Dialogue Stuart Rees Message to the Conference: "The Power of Dialogue in a
Time of Global Crisis" Daisaku Ikeda Introduction Olivier Urbain Part 1.
The Lotus Sutra and Citizen Diplomacy 1. Philosophy of Peace in the Lotus
Sutra Yoichi Kawada 2. People Diplomacy: Daisaku Ikeda in China and the
Former Soviet Union Hirotomo Teranishi Part 2. Buddhism as a Practical
Philosophy of Dialogue 3. Cosmopolitan Dialogue in an Interconnected,
Ever-changing World Gonzalo Obelleiro 4. Youth Perspectives: A Case Study
of the Application in Australia of Group Dialogues for Peace Liz Bowen Part
3. Dialogic Practice in Education 5. Daisaku Ikeda and Dialogue on
Education, in Education and as Education Jason Goulah 6. Daisaku Ikeda and
Innovative Education Wayne Hudson Part 4. Dialogue on Global Issues 7.
Perspectives of Daisaku Ikeda and South-South Network Cristina Atieno 8.
SGI's Dialogical Movement to Achieve a World without Nuclear Weapons
Kimiaki Kawai Notes References Index