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Aktivismus pod záštitou dhammy : Buddhismus jako cesta dalitů z útlaku?

Title in English Activism under Shield of Dhamma: Buddhism as a Way of Dalits from Oppression?
Authors

MENŠÍKOVÁ Tereza

Year of publication 2020
Type Popularization text
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description Religious conversion as a tool of socio-political activism is in stories of thousands of Indian Dalits who converted to Buddhism as a part of a fight against everyday discrimination. Even though conversion brings new challenges and difficulties, it is a form of emancipation and a process of regaining collective dignity.
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