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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1870098706
ISBN-13
9781870098700
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4061837434

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Book Title
Compassionate Revolution : Radical Politics and Buddhism
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
History & Theory, Buddhist
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Political Science
Author
David Edwards
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Trade Paperback

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1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in

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Table Of Content
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Learning to Look After Number One Demolishing Democracy: The West and the Third World Structural Constraints: The Myth of Press Freedom Rumble in the Media Jungle Political Anthropomorphism Demolishing Compassion Rediscovering the Moral Wheel Generosity is Dissent References Bibliography Index
Synopsis
An enlightening examination of the ways our capitalist system depends on three corrupt principles: greed, hatred and ignorance. After exploring in Free to be Human the ways the mass media distorts our understanding of many personal, ethical and spiritual issues to make us willing to accept the irrational values of corporate consumerism, political writer David Edwards is back with another powerful read. In The Compassionate Revolution, David builds on his argument, showing how our capitalist system is dependent on the promotion of the three Buddhist Poisons of Greed, Hatred and Ignorance: greed for profit at any cost in terms of human suffering; hatred of foreign obstacles to profit; ignorance of the cosy link between Western corporations and Third World dictators, helping to protect Western profits. Western activists need to recognise the truly revolutionary potential of the Buddhist conviction that compassion is the basis of all happiness. The antidote to exploitative social systems is rational awareness rooted in unconditional kindness and compassion for all. By marrying the political arguments of activists like Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn with the compassionate awareness of Buddhist writers such as Aryasura, Geshe Gyeltsen and Stephen Batchelor, David shows how we can instigate a compassionate revolution in which the only enemies and casualties are greed, hatred and ignorance., Shows how our capitalist system is dependent on the promotion of the three Buddhist 'Poisons' of Greed, Hatred and Ignorance:?greed for profit at any cost in terms of human suffering; hatred of foreign obstacles to profit; and ignorance of the cosy link between Western corporations and Third World dictators, helping to protect Western profits., In his first book "Free to be Human", David Edwards showed how the mass media, controlled by powerful business interests, distort our understanding of many personal, ethical and spiritual issues, ensuring that we remain passive, conformist and uninformed - and willing to accept the irrational values of corporate consumerism. In this book he builds on the argument, showing how our capitalist system is dependent on the promotion of the three Buddhist "poisons" of greed, hatred and ignorance: greed for profit at any cost in terms of human suffering; hatred of foreign obstacles to profit; and ignorance of the cosy link between Western corporations and Third World dictators, helping to protect Western profits. Western dissidents need to recognize the truly revolutionary potential contained in the Buddhist conviction that "compassion is the basis and cause of all happiness". The antidote to exploitative social systems is rational awareness rooted in unconditional kindness and compassion for all. To the extent that we hate the architects of exploitation, we promote the very forces on which exploitation depends. By marrying the political arguments of Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman with the compassionate awareness of Buddhist writers like Aryasura, Geshe Gyeltsen and Stephen Batchelor, Edwards shows how we can instigate a compassionate revolution in which the only enemies and causalties are greed, hatred and ignorance., The Compassionate Revolution shows how our capitalist system is dependent on the promotion of the three Buddhist Poisons of Greed, Hatred and Ignorance: greed for profit at any human cost; hatred of foreign obstacles to profit; and ignorance of the cosy link between Western corporations and Third World dictators. In his first book, Free to be Human, David Edwards showed how the mass media, controlled by powerful business interests, distort our understanding of many personal, ethical and spiritual issues. The Compassionate Revolution builds on this argument; showing how we are kept passive, conformist, uninformed and willing to accept the irrational values of corporate consumerism.

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