Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace - Dialogue, Transformation and Global Citizenship

Informationen zum Autor Olivier Urbain is Director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research! Tokyo and Honolulu! and holds doctorates in both French literature (University of Southern California) and peace studies (University of Bradford). He edited 'Music and Conflict Transformation: Harmonies and Dissonances in Geopolitics' (I.B.Tauris! 2007)! and has contributed articles to many learned journals. Klappentext Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level! he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan! where it still has its headquarters. This work shows that while Soka Gakkai may stem from the medieval principles of Nichiren Buddhism! under Ikeda's leadership it has taken these classic wisdoms and transformed them. Zusammenfassung Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level! he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan! where it still has its headquarters. This work shows that while Soka Gakkai may stem from the medieval principles of Nichiren Buddhism! under Ikeda's leadership it has taken these classic wisdoms and transformed them.

Product details

• Authors: Olivier Urbain
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2010
• EAN: 9781848853034
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-303-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Toda Institute Book Series on; Toda Institute Book Series on
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education