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Prisoners of Shangri-LA: Tibetan Buddhism and the West

Prisoners of Shangri-LA: Tibetan Buddhism and the West

Name: Prisoners of Shangri-LA: Tibetan Buddhism and the West
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Donald S. Lopez
ISBN: 9780226493107

Donald S. Lopez

28/05/1998
University Of Chicago Press

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Couverture de Prisoners of Shangri-LA: Tibetan Buddhism and the West par Donald S. Lopez

Résumé

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.