Pembangunan Untuk Manusia : Ekonomi Buddhis Abad Ke-21

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Adding Spirit to Economics

It is abundantly clear that the material benefits of modernization and Westernization are unfairly distributed to the people of the planet. Industrial capitalism has been built upon the violence of conquest, genocide, slavery, debt and bondage. Extermination continues today, especially that of indigenous and ethnic people. Inequality and exploitation lead to tension and conflict. Although many conflicts are expressed in ethnic terms, the underlying issues are often class based and rooted in the social structures of the global economic system. As social disparities and resistance increase, people have to be managed more and more through violent repression. Thus, we have a situation where the global economy is predominantly a military economy and the world's leading nations are producing the weapons perpetuating the situation. The common agenda of different social movements must be firmly placed on a non-violent and spiritual path. This is the only way they can overcome the violence and destructiveness of the dominant world order

Culture and Reconciliation: The Case of Pak Moon

Adelaide Festival of Ideas session, Bonython Hall, 1:45pm, Sunday 15 July, 2001. Chaired by Morag Fraser.http://adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au

Holy Water

Adelaide Festival of Ideas session, Elder Hall, 12:00pm, Sunday 15 July, 2001. Chaired by Andrew Putney.http://adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au

Good Drugs, Bad Drugs: The Human Face of Addiction

Adelaide Festival of Ideas session, Adelaide Town Hall, 8:00pm, Friday 13 July, 2001. Chaired by Peter Sellars.http://adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au

Reconciliation Around the World

Adelaide Festival of Ideas session, Brookman Hall, 11:30am, Saturday 14 July, 2001. Chaired by Doug McEachern.http://adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au

The king and us: representations of monarchy in Thailand and the case of ‘Anna and the King’

In 1998, 20th Century Fox approached the Thai government asking permission to shoot on location in Thailand a film titled Anna and the King, a dramatized version of the famous 1950s musical The King and I. The latter film has long been banned in Thailand. Fox’s plans to produce a new version created a storm of controversy in Thailand, ending in the National Film Board’s decision not to allow the film to be made in Thailand. The completed film (shot in Malaysia) was also eventually banned from Thai movie screens. This article looks at why the story of Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut remains so controversial in Thailand, even in this era of greatly increased media freedom. The article also examines the continued importance of the idea of monarchy to the modern Thai state, and the endless flood of royal imagery that saturates the Thai media and public life generally