Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century: Gorbachev and Ikeda on Buddhism and Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev

5/5 ( ratings)

Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda are contemporaries raised in different cultures: Gorbachev is a statesman influenced by Marx and communist politics while Ikeda is a Buddhist inspired by the thirteenth century Japanese sage, Nichiren. This book is a result of a series of conversations between these two men. Together they explore their experiences of life amidst the turmoil of the twentieth century and together they search for a common ethical basis for future development. They conclude that values are born of culture and that peace, progress and social justice can only be achieved through sincere communication and cultural exchange.

Format: Kindle Edition

Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century: Gorbachev and Ikeda on Buddhism and Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev

5/5 ( ratings)

Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda are contemporaries raised in different cultures: Gorbachev is a statesman influenced by Marx and communist politics while Ikeda is a Buddhist inspired by the thirteenth century Japanese sage, Nichiren. This book is a result of a series of conversations between these two men. Together they explore their experiences of life amidst the turmoil of the twentieth century and together they search for a common ethical basis for future development. They conclude that values are born of culture and that peace, progress and social justice can only be achieved through sincere communication and cultural exchange.

Format: Kindle Edition

More books from Mikhail Gorbachev

Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Memoirs

3.6/5 ( ratings)

On My Country and the World

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The New Russia

3.3/5 ( ratings)

August Coup: The Truth & the Lessons

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?