Reflections on the Global Civilization - A Dialogue

Informationen zum Autor Daisaku is an author, leading Buddhist thinker, activist, and advocate for global peace. Klappentext Covers the encounters between Buddhist and Islamic civilisations from the 7th century to the present. This book includes such diverse subjects as the nature of religious faith! global ideological terrorism! religious fanaticism and universal human rights. Vorwort Covers the encounters between Buddhist and Islamic civilisations from the 7th century to the present. This book includes such diverse subjects as the nature of religious faith, global ideological terrorism, religious fanaticism and universal human rights. Zusammenfassung Covers the encounters between Buddhist and Islamic civilisations from the 7th century to the present. This book includes such diverse subjects as the nature of religious faith, global ideological terrorism, religious fanaticism and universal human rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Secularization, Islam and the Predicament of IdentityIntroductionChapter 1: The Enlightenment Project and Secularization in the WestChapter 2: Modernity and Islam in Egypt: The Struggle for Self-Representation and the Problems of OrientationChapter 3: Islam and Modernity: The Predicament of IdentityChapter 4: Narrating Islam, Modernity and Muslim IdentityChapter 5: Egyptian Writing and the Search for AuthenticityPart II: States of Cultural Contestation and the Struggle for Self-DefinitionChapter 6: Narrating the Nation: The Rise of Egyptian (Territorial) NationalismChapter 7: The Rise of Easternism and National Re-definitionChapter 8: ConclusionsPart III: States of AmbivalenceChapter 9: IntroductionChapter 10: From Sacred to Secular: Time and Space, Alienation and ExileChapter 11: The Transformation of Social FormationsChapter 12: The Plight of Women: Vulnerable, Powerless and SubjugatedChapter 13: Ambivalent Identities and the SacredChapter 14: Conclusion...

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Daisaku is an author, leading Buddhist thinker, activist, and advocate for global peace.

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• Authors: Daisaku Ikeda, Majid Tehranian, Majid Ikeda Tehranian, Tehranian Majid
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2015
• EAN: 9781845117726
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-772-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Echoes and Reflections Series; Echoes and Reflections
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Buddhismus, Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Religion - Socialissues, RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist), Buddhism, Religious issues & debates, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Religious issues and debates