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1076-9005 Volume 26, 2019 The Global Refugee Crisis and the Gift of
Fearlessness Christina A. Kilby James Madison University This article is a
critical-constructive application of the Buddhist ethical concept of the gift
of fearlessness (abhay"
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ISSN 1076-9005
Volume 26, 2019
The Global Refugee Crisis
and the Gift of Fearlessness
Christina A.
Kilby
James Madison University
This article is a
critical-constructive application of the Buddhist ethical concept of
the gift of fearlessness (abhayadāna)
to the global refugee crisis and to nativist policy responses.
Investigating classical South Asian literary sources on the gift of
fearlessness, typically glossed as the offer of refuge or protection
to those in danger, I present today’s refugee as situated at the
nexus of two types of fear: the fear that drives vulnerable people to
flee from harm and the fear that drives a potential refuge-offering
state to close its borders or build walls. I argue that the gift of
fearlessness, if extended beyond its classical scope to include the
challenges of xenophobia and terrorism threats, is a capacious
framework through which to probe the moral contours of contemporary
refugee policy and the security concerns of states. Read article
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