Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights

Meinert, Carmen [u.a.] (Hrsg.)
Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights : Dissonances and Resonances / Carmen Meinert ; Hans-Bernd Zöllner (eds.). - Bielefeld : Transkript Verlag, 2009. - ca. 250 S. - (Globaler Humanismus)
ISBN 978-3-8376-1263-9
EUR 29,80
DDC: 294.33723
-- Angekündigt für Dezember 2009 --

Beschreibung
The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raise the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. The question applies both to the violation of basic rights in Buddhist countries and to the defence of those rights which are well-grounded in Buddhist teachings.
   The volume provides academic essays that reflect this up to now rather neglected issue from the point of view of the three main Buddhist traditions, Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. It provides multi-faceted and surprising insights into a rather unlikely relationship. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Michael ZIMMERMANN: Foreword. 7
Carmen MEINERT and Hans-Bernd ZÖLLNER: Introduction. 9
Alfred HIRSCH: Different Cultures and the Universality of Human Rights. 21
Perry SCHMIDT-LEUKEL: Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights. Resonances and Dissonances. 41
Martin SEEGER: Theravāda Buddhism and Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai Buddhism. 63
Kenneth FLEMING: The Purification of the Mind and the Encounter with Those who Suffer. A Christian View of Buddhism and Human Rights. 93
Helwig SCHMIDT-GLINTZER: Is Mahāyāna Buddhism a Humanism? Some Remarks on Buddhism in China. 113
SHI Zhiru: Buddhist Responses to State Control of Religion in China at the Century's Turn. 125
Jan-Ulrich SOBISCH and Trine BROX: Translations of Human Rights. Tibetan Contexts. 159
Stephanie RÖMER: Human Rights and Exile-Tibetan Politics. 179
Jampa TSEDROEN (Carola ROLOFF): Women's Rights in the Vajrayāna Tradition. 195
Bibliography. 211
Index. 233
Authors. 243

Herausgeber
CARMEN MEINERT (Dr. phil.), sinologist and tibetologist, currently works as a research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen (Germany) and teaches at the University of Bochum. Her field of research includes Chinese and Tibetan intellectual and religious history and Buddhist studies. Profil-Seite.
HANS-BERND ZÖLLNER (Dr. phil.) teaches East Asian Studies at the Universities of Hamburg and Passau. His research focuses on Theravada Buddhism and politics and on modern history in Burma/Myanmar.

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