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Friendly feudalism: The Tibet myth
| Title: | Friendly feudalism: The Tibet myth
| | Author: | Parenti M. | | Publication: | New Political Science / Carfax Publishing, part of the Taylor & Francis Gr | | Enumeration: | vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 579-590, December 2003 | | Abstract: | Throughout the ages there has prevailed a distressing symbiosis between religion and violence. The histories of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam are heavily laced with internecine vendettas, inquisitions, and wars. Again and again, religionists have claimed a divine mandate to terrorize and massacre heretics, infidels, and other sinners.
Some people have argued that Buddhism is different, that it stands in marked contrast to the chronic violence of other religions. But a glance at history reveals that Buddhist organizations throughout the centuries have not been free of the violent pursuits so characteristic of other religious groups. In the 20th century alone, from Thailand to Burma to Korea to Japan, Buddhists have clashed with each other and with non-Buddhists. In Sri Lanka, huge battles in the name of Buddhism are part of Sinhalese history. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | Tools: |
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