Buddhist approaches to human rights : : dissonances and resonances / / edited by Carmen Meinert and Hans-Bernd Zöllner.

• TeilnehmendeR: Meinert, Carmen,; Zöllner, Hans-Bernd,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2010]; ©2010
• 出版年: 2010
• 版: 1st ed.
• 语言: English
• 丛编: 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
• 实物描述: 1 online resource (248)

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...