02859nam 2200349 450 991047679750332120230512021406.0(CKB)5470000000566571(NjHacI)995470000000566571(EXLCZ)99547000000056657120230512d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuddhism in the Public Sphere /Peter D. Hershock[Place of publication not identified] :Taylor & Francis,2006.1 online resource1-135-98669-X 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.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 chapters, the key arenas for public policy are addressed: the environment, health, media, trade and development, the interplay of politics and religion, international relations, terror and security, and education. Each chapter explains how a specific issue area has come to be shaped by complex interdependence and offers specific insights into directing the growing interdependence toward greater equity, sustainability, and freedom. Thereby, a sustained meditation on the meaning and means of realizing public good is put forward, which results in a solid Buddhist conception of diversity. Hershock argues that concepts of Karma and emptiness are relevant across the full spectrum of policy domains and that Buddhist concepts become increasingly forceful as concerns shift from the local to the global. A remarkable book on this fascinating religion, Buddhism in the Public Sphere will be of interest to scholars and students in Buddhist studies and Asian religion in general.Buddhism and social problemsBuddhism and social problems.261.83095493Hershock Peter D.868143NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476797503321Buddhism in the Public Sphere2937319UNINA