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Beyond global crisis : remedies and road maps by Daisaku Ikeda and his contemporaries
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- Creator
- Terrence Edward Paupp ; with a foreword by Olivier Urbain ; and an afterword by Brian J. Foley
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xxxv, 420 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781412846165, 1412846161
- OCLC
- ocn758973637
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Ikeda's vision for realizing a global civilization: -- The power of inner transformation and dialogue -- The global crisis through the lens of Ikeda and his contemporaries -- Where we are now, and what is required to achieve a peaceful global civilization -- Case study: the inner transformation of JFK and the end of the Cold War -- The power of self-transformation as the beginning of internal and external liberation: the nexus of Buddhism, liberation theology, and law -- Dialogue and dialogical mechanisms: creating a global framework for deliberative democracy, human rights and cultural pluralism -- The converging theoretical and empirical elements of global civilization: international relations, inclusive/humane governance and cosmopolitan democracy -- Emerging pillars of a peaceful global civilization: nuclear disarmament, United Nations reform and the International Criminal Court -- The challenge of climate change: searching for human solidarity in a divided world -- Conclusion: contextualizing Ikeda in the struggle to restructure international politics