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Buddhist Responses to Globalization
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2014
Summary
This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From various philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism—arguably the world’s first transnational religion—is a rich resource for navigating today's interconnected world. Buddhist Responses to Globalization addresses globalization as a contemporary phenomenon, marked by economic, cultural, and political deterritorialization, and also proposes concrete strategies for improving global conditions in light of these facts. Topics include Buddhist analyses of both capitalist and materialist economies; Buddhist religious syncretism in highly multicultural areas such as Honolulu; the changing face of Buddhism through the work of public intellectuals such as Alice Walker; and Buddhist responses to a range of issues including reparations and restorative justice, economic inequality, spirituality and political activism, cultural homogenization and nihilism, and feminist critique. In short, the book looks to bring Buddhist ideas and practices into direct and meaningful, yet critical, engagement with both the facts and theories of globalization.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8054-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8055-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
167
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
1 Squaring Freedom with Equity: Challenging the Karma of the Globalization of Choice No access
2 Alice Walker, the Grand Mother, and a Buddhist-Womanist Response to Globalization No access
3 Religious Change as Glocalization: The Case of Shin Buddhism in Honolulu No access
4 From Topos to Utopia: Critical Buddhism, Globalization, and Ideology Criticism No access
5 An Inexhaustible Storehouse for an Insurmountable Debt: A Buddhist Reading of Reparations No access
6 Engaged Buddhism and Liberation Theologies: Fierce Compassion as a Mode of Justice No access
7 World, Nothing, and Globalization in Nishida and Nancy No access
8 A Zen Master Meets Contemporary Feminism: Reading Dōgen as a Resource for Feminist Philosophy No access
