Beyond global crisis : remedies and road maps by Daisaku Ikeda and his contemporaries / Terrence Edward Paupp ; with a foreword by Olivier Urbain ; and an afterword by Brian J. Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paupp, Terrence Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ikeda, Daisaku.

United Nations.

Conflict management--International cooperation.

Conflict management.

Peace--International cooperation.

Peace.

Human security--International cooperation.

Human security.

Peace--Social aspects.

Human security--Social aspects.

United Nations--Reform.

Conflict management--Philosophy.

Ikeda, Daisaku--Political and social views.

Political and social views.

Social aspects.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 420 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

In this volume, Terrence Paupp critically describes the various dimensions of today's global crisis. Among other things, this volume analyzes nuclear weapons proliferation, climate change, and international lawlessness in the form of wars of aggression. Paupp argues that much human conflict and environmental degradation is the direct consequence of poverty and inequality. Until these issues are addressed, many of the world's problems will remain.

Paupp asserts that around the world, peoples and nations are becoming more open to a strategy and culture of peace that evolves through discovering a commonality of interests, the value of mutual cooperation, and the desirability of forging consensus. By using various road maps and remedies supplied by noted Japanese peace activist Daisaku Ikeda and his contemporaries, viable solutions will emerge.

In this new endeavor, equipped with some of the proposed solutions and strategies that this book provides, humanity will collectively become engaged in remaking the character of global governance in order to build a global culture of peace. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Ikeda's vision for realizing a global civilization:

The power of inner transformation and dialogue

The global crisis through the lens of Ikeda and his contemporaries

Where we are now, and what is required to achieve a peaceful global civilization

Case study: the inner transformation of JFK and the end of the Cold War

The power of self-transformation as the beginning of internal and external liberation: the nexus of Buddhism, liberation theology, and law

Dialogue and dialogical mechanisms: creating a global framework for deliberative democracy, human rights and cultural pluralism

The converging theoretical and empirical elements of global civilization: international relations, inclusive/humane governance and cosmopolitan democracy

Emerging pillars of a peaceful global civilization: nuclear disarmament, United Nations reform and the International Criminal Court

The challenge of climate change: searching for human solidarity in a divided world

Conclusion: contextualizing Ikeda in the struggle to restructure international politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412846165

1412846161

OCLC:

758973637