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Item Details
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PRISONERS OF SHANGRI-LA
TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND THE WEST |
| By: |
Donald S. Lopez |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£28.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226493105 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226493107 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 May, 1998 |
| Pages: |
290 |
| Description: |
A cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. The book reveals the misconceptions held in the West of Tibetan life and religion and examines the politics of "Lamaism" and independence from China, aiming to present both the popular and the academic. |
| Synopsis: |
Donald Lopez provides in this book a cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. He reveals fanciful misconceptions of Tibetan life and religion and examines the movement for independence from China and the politics of the term "Lamaism", a pejorative synonym for Tibetan buddhism. The book aims to present more than pop-culture anomalies, the history of Tibet presented is embedded in scholarly souces, and constitute a union of both the popular and academic. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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