Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights: Dissonances and Resonances

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 viola...

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Contributors: Meinert, Carmen 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2010
In:Year: 2010
Series/Journal:Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Human rights / Buddhism
Further subjects:B Human
B Intercultural Studies
B Religious Studies
B Buddhism; Human Rights; Intercultural Studies; Cultural Clash; Burma; Thailand; China; Tibet; Human; Religion; Religious Studies; Sociology of Religion; Asia
B Religion
B Burma
B Thailand
B Tibet
B Cultural Clash
B Asia
B China
B Human Rights
B sociology of religion
B Conference program 2008 (Hamburg)
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Rights Information:by-nc-nd
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic