Skip to main content

I. B. Tauris & Company

Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace: Dialogue, Transformation and Global Citizenship

No reviews yet
Product Code: 9781848853041
ISBN13: 9781848853041
Condition: New
$47.06

Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace: Dialogue, Transformation and Global Citizenship

$47.06
 

Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level, he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan, where it still has its headquarters, but which now claims 12 million adherents around the world. At another level, he is a globetrotting figure whose formal conversations with diverse writers, thinkers and diplomats - including Arnold Toynbee, Joseph Rotblat and Mikhail Gorbachev - have garnered him an international profile, as well as academic recognition. Perhaps above all else, Daisaku Ikeda is viewed as a campaigner for peace. And it is Ikeda's specific contribution to peacebuilding, notably through the central emphasis he has placed on the significance of dialogue, that this book explores: the first to do so in a concerted way. Olivier Urbain shows that while Soka Gakkai (the 'value society') may stem from the medieval principles of Nichiren Buddhism, under Ikeda's leadership it has taken these classic wisdoms and transformed them.
Now essentially classless and secularised, as well as adaptable and sensitive to modern challenges like resource shortages and climate change, this - argues the author - is a pragmatic approach to peace which has proved both popular and eminently transportable.




Author: Olivier Urbain
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Publication Date: May 25, 2010
Number of Pages: 304 pages
Binding: Paperback or Softback
ISBN-10: 1848853041
ISBN-13: 9781848853041
 

Customer Reviews

This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!

Faster Shipping

Delivery in 3-8 days

Easy Returns

14 days returns

Discount upto 30%

Monthly discount on books

Outstanding Customer Service

Support 24 hours a day