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Buddhist Responses to Globalization.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739180556
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddhist Responses to GlobalizationLOC classification:
  • BQ4570.G56.B83 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Globalization as Spatial, Cultural, and Economic Deterritorialization -- 1 Squaring Freedom with Equity: Challenging the Karma of the Globalization of Choice -- 2 Alice Walker, the Grand Mother, and a Buddhist-Womanist Response to Globalization -- 3 Religious Change as Glocalization: The Case of Shin Buddhism in Honolulu -- 4 From Topos to Utopia: Critical Buddhism, Globalization, and Ideology Criticism -- II: Normative Responses to Globalization -- 5 An Inexhaustible Storehouse for an Insurmountable Debt: A Buddhist Reading of Reparations -- 6 Engaged Buddhism and Liberation Theologies: Fierce Compassion as a Mode of Justice -- 7 World, Nothing, and Globalization in Nishida and Nancy -- 8 A Zen Master Meets Contemporary Feminism: Reading Dōgen as a Resource for Feminist Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism--arguably the world's first transnational religion--is a rich resource for navigating todays interconnected world.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Globalization as Spatial, Cultural, and Economic Deterritorialization -- 1 Squaring Freedom with Equity: Challenging the Karma of the Globalization of Choice -- 2 Alice Walker, the Grand Mother, and a Buddhist-Womanist Response to Globalization -- 3 Religious Change as Glocalization: The Case of Shin Buddhism in Honolulu -- 4 From Topos to Utopia: Critical Buddhism, Globalization, and Ideology Criticism -- II: Normative Responses to Globalization -- 5 An Inexhaustible Storehouse for an Insurmountable Debt: A Buddhist Reading of Reparations -- 6 Engaged Buddhism and Liberation Theologies: Fierce Compassion as a Mode of Justice -- 7 World, Nothing, and Globalization in Nishida and Nancy -- 8 A Zen Master Meets Contemporary Feminism: Reading Dōgen as a Resource for Feminist Philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism--arguably the world's first transnational religion--is a rich resource for navigating todays interconnected world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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