Forging the golden urn : the Qing Empire and the politics and the politics of reincarnation in Tibet /

"In 1995, the People's Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the ability of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Oidtmann, Max (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Collection:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1897287
Table des matières:
  • The royal regulations
  • Shamanic colonialism
  • Amdowas speaking in code
  • Conclusion : paradoxes of the urn and the limits of empire.