The Dharma and Socially Engaged Buddhist Economics
This book defends and articulates an Engaged Buddhist approach to economics as a response to the destructive effects of global capitalism. The author posits that Buddhist understandings of the distortions of greed, aversion, and ignorance can be read to apply not only to mental states but also to socio-political ones, and that such a reading suggests rational responses to current social and environmental challenges. The book proposes that we engage both inner and outer modes of transformation through which to free ourselves from our current human-made, dysfunctional systems: the former, by examining the workings of our own minds, the latter b…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-030-97223-3
- EAN: 9783030972233
- Produktnummer: 38572916
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 276 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.9 cm 473 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2022
- Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 473
Über den Autor
Joel Magnuson is an Affiliated Professor of Economics at Portland State University. He is the author of many books, as well as numerous articles in journals and anthologies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. His research interests include mindful economics, Buddhist economics, and institutional reform.
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