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9781438444598

Valuing Diversity : Buddhist Reflection on Realizing a More Equitable Global Future

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    9781438444598

  • ISBN10:

    1438444591

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-12-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Uses Buddhist philosophy to discuss diversity as a value, one that can contribute to equity in a globalizing world.

Author Biography

Peter D. Hershock is Director of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center in Honolulu. He has published several books, including Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global Interdependence and Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age, also published by SUNY Press.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Toward a New Paradigm of Differencep. 25
Variety and Diversity: Two Qualities and Directions of Differencep. 47
Time Differences: The Changing Nature of Changep. 65
Writing Histories, Making Differencesp. 97
The Commodification of Difference: Media and the Emerging Attention Economyp. 121
Ethics and Differentiation: Turning Away from the Samep. 155
Convergence on Variety: Modern Irony, Postmodern Idealp. 177
Delinking Equity and Equalityp. 203
Diversity and Equity: Global Relational Commons and Global Public Goodp. 225
Making a Difference: Toward a New Structure of Feelingp. 241
Epilogue: The Next Step?p. 285
Notesp. 295
Bibliography of Works Citedp. 317
Indexp. 327
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