Culture of Peace-Experience and Experiment-Baidyanath Saraswati-9788124601242
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| Over the rolling
centuries, ‘peace’ has been a major concern: in religions and, more often,
within socio-political contexts. Yet, perhaps ironically, the world history
is a long, uninterrupted story of wars and violence. Not long ago — in the
aftermath of Hitler’s defeat, the inception of the United Nations held out
hopes of a new, free-from-war world order, which the hostile scenario today
belies! Is peace then a dream? A Utopian abstraction in a dehumanized,
fragmented world, stock-piling all-devastating war machines? And can we
possibly uphold the culture of peace amidst the growing cult of violence and
blind consumerism, or in a climate of distrust, acrimony and intolerance?
Addressed in this collection of essays are these and other related questions
by some of the best minds from different countries of Asia. Cutting across
narrow compartmentalizations of disciplines, the authors try to share, with
wider audiences, their concerns for peace, situating their
sensuous/intellectual/spiritual experiences in a culture of peace. Also
identifying specificities — in terms of peace-threat-ening issues,
situations, geographical zones, the volume attempts to show how education,
individual responsibility, philosophy, ethics, artistic creativity,
collective spirituality, Gandhian non-violence, Sufis’ universal love, and
the Buddhist message of compassion and equanimity can reinforce the culture
of peace — even in the face of despair. This volume — 6th in the Culture and
Development series — is essentially the assemblage of essays presented at the
Asian Conference on “The Culture of Peace: the Experiences and the
Experiments”, held on 25-29 November 1996 in New Delhi. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124601242
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
1999 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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