Choose Peace: A Dialogue Between Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda - Rilegato

Galtung, Johan; Ikeda, Daisaku

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ISBN 10: 0745310400 ISBN 13: 9780745310404

Casa editrice: Pluto Pr, 1995

Riassunto

Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda are two major figures in international peace studies. Ikeda is a leading Buddhist, author and educator and is deeply rooted in the Mahayana Buddhism of Nichiren. Galtung is the founder of the Institute for Peace Research in Oslo and has developed a more general Buddhist orientation. Together, through dialogue, they search for ways of interfacing Buddhism and peace. Presented as a dialogue between the two men, Choose Peace explores practical solutions to many of the global problems afflicting the world today. Galtung and Ikeda identify sources of violence and unrest and consider the role of Buddhism in formulating peaceful solutions to violence. The implications of political forces such as nationalism and socialism are considered and the role of human rights, grassroots power and the United Nations in peacekeeping initiatives are explored.

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L'autore:

Johan Galtung founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959 and is the author of many essays and works on peace. Currently Professor of Peace Studies at six universities, he is the holder of the Right Livelihood Award 1987 and the Norwegian Humanist Prize 1988. Daisaku Ikeda is a leading figure in the international Buddhist movement, president of the Buddhist lay organisation Soka Gakkai International (SGI)and founder of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy and Soka University. His publications include Choose Life: A Dialogue with Arnold Toynbee (Oxford University Press, 1976)

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• Editore: Pluto Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0745310400
• ISBN 13: 9780745310404
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 172