Martin A Mills: 2 books
Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism
The Foundations of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet.
Containing...
Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage
Negotiating Dispossession
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage: Negotiating Dispossession explores the many ways Tibetans are reimagining their cultural identity since the communist takeover of Tibet in the 1950s. Focusing on developments taking place in Tibet and the diaspora, this collection of essays addresses a wide...