Loyalty Demands Dissent: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist
Sulak Sivaraksa
Loyalty Demands Dissent: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist - Bangkok Thai Inter-Religious Commission For Development 1998 - xvii,282 p. HB 23.5x16 cm.
Biography/ Sulak Sivaraksa, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and winner of the prestigious Right Livlihood Award, is a prominent and outspoken Thai Buddhist social critic and activist. In his memoirs, LOYALTY DEMANDS DISSENT, Sulak recounts his life as a "radical conservative" -- both contemplative and activist, traditionalist and modernist, loyalist and dissident. Sulak was born 65 years ago, the same year that Thailand emerged from absolute monarchy into democracy, and his life has been intimately bound up with his country's modern history. In this inspiring autobiography, we see Sulak's indefatigable efforts to bring people together into community, common work, and a shared vivion of a more enlightened world.
1888375108
Historians Thailand Biography
Buddhista Thailand Biography
Political activista Thailand Biography
Buddhism and Social Problems
954.304092 / SIVL
Loyalty Demands Dissent: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist - Bangkok Thai Inter-Religious Commission For Development 1998 - xvii,282 p. HB 23.5x16 cm.
Biography/ Sulak Sivaraksa, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and winner of the prestigious Right Livlihood Award, is a prominent and outspoken Thai Buddhist social critic and activist. In his memoirs, LOYALTY DEMANDS DISSENT, Sulak recounts his life as a "radical conservative" -- both contemplative and activist, traditionalist and modernist, loyalist and dissident. Sulak was born 65 years ago, the same year that Thailand emerged from absolute monarchy into democracy, and his life has been intimately bound up with his country's modern history. In this inspiring autobiography, we see Sulak's indefatigable efforts to bring people together into community, common work, and a shared vivion of a more enlightened world.
1888375108
Historians Thailand Biography
Buddhista Thailand Biography
Political activista Thailand Biography
Buddhism and Social Problems
954.304092 / SIVL
