Winton Higgins Libri

In Revamp, Winton Higgins tracks the emergence of secular Buddhism with a focus on today's climate emergency and intensifying social injustice that cry out for radical socioeconomic and political change based on an ethics of care.

Defining genocide and differentiating it from mass murder and war crimes, this book explores the historical and contemporary significance of this atrocity. It provides insights into the scale of genocide throughout human history, helping readers comprehend its impact and recognize emerging cases. Through a thorough examination, the text aims to enhance awareness and understanding of this critical issue in human civilization.

The book explores the evolution of Buddhist teachings as they adapt to Western culture, emphasizing the need for renewal and reinterpretation. Stephen Batchelor presents a systematic examination of Buddhism's integration into modern society, aiming to uncover its core essence rather than adhering to traditional interpretations. The term "after" signifies a departure from conventional understandings, inviting readers to engage with the authentic spirit of Buddhism in a contemporary context.

Neoliberalism has now failed, so can a social democratic resurgence replace it? This book retrieves the political thought of Swedish politician Ernst Wigforss to explore the unrealised potential of social democracy. Wigforss drew on many schools of thought to produce an alternative social democratic strategy. It outflanked economic liberalism, allowed his party to dominate Swedish politics for a half-century, and his country to achieve affluence and social equity as converging rather than competing objectives. OECD economies have since evolved political capacities – the welfare state, corporatist regulation, expanded citizen entitlements, civic amenity – far in excess of pessimistic evaluations offered by mainstream analyses. This book suggests that such developments confirm Wigforss’s ideas, confounding conventional pessimism. Full employment, social equity, economic democracy, new political institutions, and transformative economic management are now more imaginable than ever in western countries. But their achievement depends on a radical reformist political mobilisation of the kind that Wigforss inspired, one which integrates these aspirations as mutually reinforcing goals.

Das Arbeitsbuch zu Stephen Batchelors "Jenseits des Buddhismus" bietet eine prägnante Zusammenfassung der zentralen Ideen des säkularen Buddhismus. Es enthält gezielte Fragen zu den einzelnen Kapiteln, die sowohl für das Selbststudium als auch für die Diskussion in Gruppen geeignet sind. Dadurch wird eine tiefere Auseinandersetzung mit den Themen und Konzepten des Buches gefördert.