[Mobile book] Imagining Tibet: Perceptions, Projections, and Fantasies
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| #1121398 in Books | Wisdom Publications | 1996-05-09 | 1996-05-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.43 | File Name: 0861711912 | 512 pages |
||9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Versatile and scholarly discussion|By inner exile|based, more often than not, on updated lectures, of which all but one - that of R. Barnett's excellent paper - were given at 'Mythos Tibet' symposium held in Bonn, in May 1996. Participants from various fields of Tibetology, social and cultural anthropology, historical studies, Tibet support activism, etc. guarantee multi- an||"Imagining Tibet brings together some of our most thoughtful scholars to ruminate on the ways that mythology has become merged with what we take to be the reality of Tibet. A rich kaleidoscope of insights on this fascinating subject." (Orville Schell,
In the past century, the Western view of Tibet has evolved from an exotic Shangri-la filled with golden idols and the promise of immortality, to a peaceful land with an enlightened society now ravaged by outside aggression. How and why did our perception change? How accurate are our modern conceptions of Tibet?
Imagining Tibet is a collection of essays that reveal these Western conceptions. Providing an historical background to the West's ever-changing re...
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