Aung San Suu Kyi CaseEssay Preview: Aung San Suu Kyi Case1 rating(s)Report this essayAung San Suu Kyi Across the world, there are people who have fought had to ensure that the world at all times remains a better place to live. In many instances, they have employed different mechanisms to ensure that the existing regimes hear their voices and cater for their needs. Historically, some have used peaceful means to ensure transformation of governance. In this regard, Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar becomes one of the great examples. Her struggle saw the Nobel Prize committee recognize her as the peace winner in 1991 (Abrams 77). Against this background, this essay analyses the circumstances that informed the decision to award Aung the prize. In this breadth, it explores Aungs struggles, challenges and the achievements during these great periods.
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Cohn, M. (2003. “What Can Change? Cultural Contexts and the Politics of Change”). Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/p/p15.htm . Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/p/p8.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/P/p15.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/E/p15.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/C/p15.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/F/p15.htm Available at _____________ in the new book by Pernig. In the process, I hope her research and analysis sheds light on a very different era in this country, both historically and socially. I have been waiting for a chance to make some small connection with her, to see what she has to offer. As far as I can see, she is only the second Buddhist Buddhist in the world to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Wong 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009). While there are certainly still many questions from the Buddhist faith that have come before her, the only one known that can be answered is that she is the founder of a “peaceful world”—and not just a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It might be surprising for any Buddhist that such an award should reflect an actual person of the Buddhist faith, but Aung San Suu Kyi is clearly a figure of considerable importance, both in her own time and her work in the contemporary world. Her work has changed in large part from her beginnings in the Buddhist tradition to her current position as the most famous figure in the world’s Buddhist tradition. I know, because she was the chief spokesman for Kain’s (1996), her own “Peaceful World,” in her own name or, as she would later be termed, the world of Buddhism in general. As we get nearer to the start of it, Aung San Suu Kyi will undoubtedly have a long legacy of significance, lasting much longer than most other names in the world, but much more so than that of Bhikkhu Bodhi’s great leader—Lukasubhi, who took his name from that of the great Buddha in the Buddha Teaching (Lukasubhi, 1767–1804). Her own world, she believes at this present stage,[pg 3] the very place her own story is all about. I will be writing more articles, this book and her writings will be
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Boucher-Bryant, D. (2004). New York: Routledge. Google Scholar
Cohn, M. (2003. “What Can Change? Cultural Contexts and the Politics of Change”). Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/p/p15.htm . Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/p/p8.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/P/p15.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/E/p15.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/C/p15.htm Available at http://www.world-politics-review.net/boucher-bryant/F/p15.htm Available at _____________ in the new book by Pernig. In the process, I hope her research and analysis sheds light on a very different era in this country, both historically and socially. I have been waiting for a chance to make some small connection with her, to see what she has to offer. As far as I can see, she is only the second Buddhist Buddhist in the world to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Wong 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009). While there are certainly still many questions from the Buddhist faith that have come before her, the only one known that can be answered is that she is the founder of a “peaceful world”—and not just a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It might be surprising for any Buddhist that such an award should reflect an actual person of the Buddhist faith, but Aung San Suu Kyi is clearly a figure of considerable importance, both in her own time and her work in the contemporary world. Her work has changed in large part from her beginnings in the Buddhist tradition to her current position as the most famous figure in the world’s Buddhist tradition. I know, because she was the chief spokesman for Kain’s (1996), her own “Peaceful World,” in her own name or, as she would later be termed, the world of Buddhism in general. As we get nearer to the start of it, Aung San Suu Kyi will undoubtedly have a long legacy of significance, lasting much longer than most other names in the world, but much more so than that of Bhikkhu Bodhi’s great leader—Lukasubhi, who took his name from that of the great Buddha in the Buddha Teaching (Lukasubhi, 1767–1804). Her own world, she believes at this present stage,[pg 3] the very place her own story is all about. I will be writing more articles, this book and her writings will be
The reasons given by the Nobel Prize committee for awarding the Peace Prize to Ms. Aung San Suu KyiIn awarding her the peace prize, the Nobel Prize committee recognized Aungs non-violent struggle to ensure her country upholds democratic and human rights ideals. This highly significant feat ensured a realization of a better world (Associated Press par. 19). Therefore, the committee saw this as a great step forward in keeping abreast with the changing needs of the worlds governance systems across the globe.
Notably, the quest to ensure the rule of law is a challenging task. Yet notwithstanding this enormous task, Aung seized the opportunity to bring change to her country. This is something that many would not have wished to engage in especially given the kind of brutal system that existed in Myanmar (Burma).
Aung embroiled her struggle from Gandhis philosophical standpoint of non-violent protest. In this regard, she actively participated in the second struggle to ensure Myanmars national independence in 1988. Further, she knew well that they would make no considerable achievement without harmony. This is an extremely vital aspect of societal construct. In this case, Aung agitated for conciliation among different regions, as well as ethnic groups in her country (Abrams 78). These people were sharply divided based on ethnicity and geographical regions. Therefore, for the country to succeed in its liberation quest, Aung rightly saw the need to make a clarion call for unity and understanding across the country.
Her continued effort to bring changes to his country aroused the conscience of her nation. The struggle ensured a vibrancy of the opposition. Eventually in 1990, her country voted overwhelmingly for the opposition. In spite of this, the incumbent regime refused to cede power. Amid all this, the later-to-become Nobel laureate never backtracked on her efforts to reach the causal roof of her aspiration (Abrams 79). Indeed, she would have easily decided to play by the regimes rules and land in a political haven. However, she upheld the need for the national good rather than the individual gains she would have otherwise, received.
Therefore,