Humanistic Leadership in the Confucian Context: Philosophical Foundations and Empirical Implications

Kirkpatrick, G., McMylor, P. and Fadaee, S. (Eds.) (2022). Marxism, religion, and emancipatory politics. Palgrave Macmillan (XVII+ 269 pages). ISBN: 978-3-030-91641-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91642-8_4

“…Normative principles such as egalitarianism and justice originate in Buddhist teachings, whereas in Marxism "equality and injustice are secondary manifestations of the deeper problems brought forth by capitalist economics and bourgeois ideology" (p. 99). The author extrapolates the conclusion that experiments in radical economic reform denote a significant dimension in Buddhist political protest, thus raising the potential of untapped theoretical possibilities in Socially Engaged Buddhism (p. 100), a movement endorsing responsibility and sustainability ideals (Gotsis, 2023).…”