The Culture of the Book in Tibet.

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The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schaeffer, Kurtis R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Buddhist literature, Tibetan > History and criticism.
Buddhism and culture.
Littérature bouddhique tibétaine > Histoire et critique.
Bouddhisme et civilisation.
Buddhism and culture
Buddhist literature, Tibetan
Civilization
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Civilization.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Civilisation.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society. Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings and queens who produced Tibet's massive canons. He describes how Tibetan sch.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (507 pages)
ISBN:9780231519182
0231519184

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