A Buddhist Approach to International Relations
Radical Interdependence
Authors: Long, William J.
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- Argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternative
- Explains Buddhist IR model, beginning with its philosophical foundations up through its ideas about politics, economics, and statecraft
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This book is an open access book. Many scholars have wondered if a non-Western theory of international politics founded on different premises, be it from Asia or from the “Global South,” could release international relations from the grip of a Western, “Westphalian” model. This book argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternative. Because of its distinctive philosophical positions and its unique understanding of reality, human nature and political behavior, a Buddhist theory of IR offers a way out of this dilemma, a means for transcending the Westphalian predicament. The author explains this Buddhist IR model, beginning with its philosophical foundations up through its ideas about politics, economics and statecraft.
- About the authors
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William J. Long is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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Radical Interdependence: Buddhist Philosophical Foundations for Social Theory
Pages 19-33
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Buddha on Politics, Economics, and Statecraft
Pages 35-50
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The Aśokan Empire
Pages 51-70
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Modern Bhutan’s Buddhist Statecraft
Pages 71-86
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Buddhist Approach to International Relations
- Book Subtitle
- Radical Interdependence
- Authors
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- William J. Long
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-68042-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-68042-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-68041-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 107
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics
