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基本説明
Ed. by Richard L. Gage. Presented as a dialogue between the two men, Choose Peace explores practical solutions to many of the global problems afflicting the world.
Full Description
Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda are two major figures in international peace studies. Ikeda is a leading Buddhist, author and educator and is deeply rooted in the Mahayana Buddhism of Nichiren. Galtung is the founder of the Institute for Peace Research in Oslo and has developed a more general Buddhist orientation. Together, through dialogue, they search for ways of interfacing Buddhism and peace. Far from abstract, their search inspires very concrete proposals that are directly relevant to the political agendas of today.
Presented as a dialogue between the two men, Choose Peace explores practical solutions to many of the global problems afflicting the world today. Galtung and Ikeda identify sources of violence and unrest and consider the role of Buddhism in formulating peaceful solutions to violence. The implications of political forces such as nationalism and socialism are considered and the role of human rights, grassroots power and the United Nations in peacekeeping initiatives are explored.
Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: LEARNING AND DOING
1. Norway
2. Accepting Challenges; 3. Philosophers from the Masses; 4. Learning from Giants; 5. Opening the Door; 6. Ways of Learning; 7. Realists of the Head, Idealists of the Heart; 8. Works Speak Louder Than Words; 9. Optimists; 10. Webs of Love; 11. Straight to the Heart
CHAPTER TWO: HISTORY PERSISTS
1. Citizens of the World; 2. Article Nine; 3. A Pacific Civilisation; 4. Masterful Communicators; 5. The Floodgate of Free Expression; 6. Socialism: Pro and Con; 7. Perestroika; 8. Whither the Formerly Socialist Nations?; 9. Unification; 10. The Twentieth Century
CHAPTER THREE: THE FEASIBILITY OF NONVIOLENCE
1. Gandhi (1) Optimism; 2. Gandhi (2) Nonviolence versus Structural Violence; 3. Gandhi (3) An Unclouded Eye; 4. Gandhi (4) Religious Breadth; 5. The Death Penalty; 6. Sublimating Aggressive Instincts
CHAPTER FOUR: RELIGION AS TRANSFORMATION
1. Universal Life-resonance; 2. The Interconnectedness of All Things; 3. The Nature of the Sacred; 4. Tolerance; 5. Buddhism, Merits and Demerits; 6. A New, Global Mahayana
CHAPTER FIVE: PUTTING THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE
1. Grass-roots Power; 2. Philosophical Perspective; 3. Rights as Universal Norms; 4. Japanese Views of Human Rights; 5. Philosophical Basis; 6. The Rights of the Whole Human Race
CHAPTER SIX: A NEW WORLD ORDER
1. After Socialism; 2. Fires of Nationalism; 3. Fundamentalism; 4. Cultural Relativism; 5. United Nations, Reorganisation; 6. United Nations, Development and Environmental Protection; 7. United Nations, Civic-participation System; 8. United Nations, Japan's International Contributions; 9. The Haves and the Have-nots; 10. An Approach to Global Problems; 11. Armament of the Apocalypse; 12. Proliferation and Supervision of Nuclear Technology; 13. Arms Reduction; 14. Global Government
