Matthew J Moore

Buddhism and Political Theory C

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Produktbeschreibung

Buddhism and Political Theory provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of Buddhist political theory from the time of the Buddha to the present. The book provides careful readings of all of the relevant primary texts and analyzes the existing scholarship on Buddhism and politics from a wide variety of disciplines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780190465513
• ISBN-10: 0190465514
• Artikelnr.: 47868815

Autorenporträt

Matthew J. Moore is Associate Professor of Political Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: Buddhism and Political Thought
* Part I: Buddhism's Theory of Government
* Chapter 1: Theory of Government and Political Theory in Early
Buddhism
* Chapter 2: The Traditional Buddhist Theory of Government
* Chapter 3: Buddhist Modernism: 1850-1950
* Part II: A Buddhist Political Theory
* Chapter 4: Overcoming vs. Letting Go: Nietzsche and Buddha on the
Self and Politics
* Chapter 5: Theories of Limited Citizenship, East and West
* Chapter 6: Buddhism, Naturalistic Ethics, and Politics
* Chapter 7: Buddhist Political Theory in the Twenty-first Century
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index