The aim of this research is to expand the framework of contemporary conflict
resolution by constructing a complementary relationship between Western
epistemologies and a Buddhist epistemology. Despite its evolution and development
through self-reflexivity and self-critique, contemporary conflict resolution established
upon Western epistemologies has confined the understanding of human mind to
social/cultural orientations and left a comprehensive and qualitative analysis of the
potential of individual human mind underdeveloped. Buddhist epistemology, the
central theme of which is to address human suffering that is mainly psychological and
subjective, makes a critical analysis of human subjectivity in terms of how it can be
become a root cause of suffering including conflict and how it can be addressed by
gaining an insight into the social/cultural construction of human subjectivity. The
argument of the thesis is that when a socially/culturally-oriented view of human mind
and a deeper and more profound view of human mind are combined together, we can
engage in a qualitatively richer and deeper analysis of the psychological and
subjective dynamics of conflict resolution.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/4910 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Tanabe, Juichiro |
| Contributors | Whitman, Jim R. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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