Buddhist philosophy and the epistemological foundations of conflict resolution
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The aim of this research is to expand the framework of contemporary conflict \nresolution by constructing a complementary relationship between Western \nepistemologies and a Buddhist epistemology. Despite its evolution and development \nthrough self-reflexivity and self-critique, contemporary conflict resolution established \nupon Western epistemologies has confined the understanding of human mind to \nsocial/cultural orientations and left a comprehensive and qualitative analysis of the \npotential of individual human mind underdeveloped. Buddhist epistemology, the \ncentral theme of which is to address human suffering that is mainly psychological and \nsubjective, makes a critical analysis of human subjectivity in terms of how it can be \nbecome a root cause of suffering including conflict and how it can be addressed by \ngaining an insight into the social/cultural construction of human subjectivity. The \nargument of the thesis is that when a socially/culturally-oriented view of human mind \nand a deeper and more profound view of human mind are combined together, we can \nengage in a qualitatively richer and deeper analysis of the psychological and \nsubjective dynamics of conflict resolution.
Author: Juichiro Tanabe
Language: English
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1547231661