Toward a Buddhist Sociology II: Alternative Perspectives on Resonant and Relational Being

This session calls for wide range of papers that challenge the Global North canonical understanding of self/other dichotomy, social problems, social changes, identity, collective memory, etc. by exploring the potential links between Buddhist thoughts and Sociology. We have held the first attempt of this session in ISA Morocco (2025) with wide rage of participation.We decided for the second. The Peripheral Turn in sociology is for Global Sociology and Citizenship. More than ever, we aspire more ethical, harmonious society based on resonance between individuals and the nature. Buddhist sociology according to Janine Schipper (2012) may challenge sociologists to awaken to the broader range of “illusions that we may not identify via the rational critical thinking mind alone.” Enlightenment by achieving inner peace and wisdom is the final goal for the Buddhist way of thinking. And such practices may contribute alternatively to re-socialize currently antagonistically fractured and/or atomized individuals as self-as-dependent-construct in the future (Immergut & Kaufman 2014).