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Buddhism and political theory / Matthew J. Moore.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780190465537
  • 0190465530
  • 9780190465520
  • 0190465522
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddhism and political theory.DDC classification:
  • 294.3372 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.S7 M66 2016
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Buddhism and Political Theory; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Buddhism and Political Thought; Part I: Buddhism's Theory of Government; 1. Theory of Government and Political Theory in Early Buddhism; 2. The Traditional Buddhist Theory of Government; 3. Buddhist Modernism, 1850-​1950; Part II: A Buddhist Political Theory; 4. Overcoming versus Letting Go: Nietzsche and Buddha on the Self and Politics; 5. Theories of Limited Citizenship, East and West; 6. Buddhism, Naturalistic Ethics, and Politics; 7. Buddhist Political Theory in the Twenty-​first Century; Notes
Summary: This work provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of Buddhist political theory from the time of the Buddha to the present.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of Buddhist political theory from the time of the Buddha to the present.

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