Religious bodies politic : rituals of sovereignty in Buryat buddhism /

Religious Bodies Politic examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. Looking at religious transformation among B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernstein, Anya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Colección:Buddhism and modernity.
Temas:
2000-2099
Buddhism > Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) > Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders > Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a.
Buriats > Religion.
Eurasian school > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Bouddhisme > Russie > Bouriatie.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Bouddhisme > Russie > Bouriatie.
Monachisme et ordres religieux bouddhiques > Russie > Bouriatie.
Bouriates > Religion.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Buddhism
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders
Buriats > Religion
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
Buri͡atii͡a (Russia) > Religious life and customs > 21st century.
Bouriatie (Russie) > Vie religieuse > 21e siècle.
Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Pilgrims, fieldworkers, and secret agents: Buryat buddhologists and a Eurasian imaginary
  • Sovereign bodies: death, reincarnation, and border crossings in the transnational terrain
  • The post-Soviet treasure hunt: new sacred histories and geographies
  • Disciplining the monastic body: Buryat monks and nuns
  • The body as gift: gender, the dead, and exchange in the chöd ritual economy
  • Buddhism after socialism: money and morality in the world of Saṃsāra
  • Epilogue: Bodies, gifts, and sovereignty.

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