Christina A. Kilby
\nJames Madison University<\/p>\n
This article is a critical-constructive application of the Buddhist ethical concept of the gift of fearlessness (abhayad\u0101na<\/em>) 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\u2019s 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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 (abhayad\u0101na) to the global refugee crisis and to nativist policy responses. Investigating classical South Asian literary sources on the … Continue reading The Global Refugee Crisis and the Gift of Fearlessness<\/span>