A Code of Conduct: A Treatise on the Etiquette of the Fatimid Ismaili Mission (Ismaili Texts and Translations) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780761260 ISBN 13: 9781780761268

Verlag: I.B. Tauris, 2012

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Reseña del editor:

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Every year since 1983 the Buddhist leader and thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, has issued a peace proposal that presents solutions to a variety of global problems. While the proposals themselves are both wide-ranging and specific (covering topics as diverse as counter-terrorism relations; the prohibition of child soldiers; denuclearization of the Arctic; and strategies to prevent global warming), the common denominator at their center is the role and effectiveness of the United Nations in addressing structural challenges and inequality. This substantial volume brings together, for the first time in one place, excerpts from the most topical and important of Ikeda's peace proposals. Themes like human security, the empowerment of women, nuclear disarmament and the centrality of dialogue are throughout informed by an unshakeable belief in the potential and promise of the UN's world mission, as well as by Ikeda's own experience of the cruelty of war and his articulation of Buddhism as a practical route to peace. The book makes a timely and vital contribution to ethics, peace studies and international relations.

Biografía del autor:

Verena Klemm obtained her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Tubingen, Germany. A specialist in Arabic literature and modern Arabic literary discourse, she is the author of "Die Mission des fatimidschen Agenten al- Mu'ayyad fi'd-din in airzz," and a number of other studies in German and English.
Paul E Walker is a historian of ideas with special interests in Fatimid history and Ismaili thought. He is currently a research associate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. His previous books include "Early Philosophical Shiism" (1993), "Exploring an Islamic Empire: Fatimid History and Its Sources" (2002), and with Wilferd Madelung, "The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness "(2000).

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• Verlag: I.B. Tauris
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1780761260
• ISBN 13: 9781780761268
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 98
• Herausgeber: Klemm Verena