High religion : a cultural and political history of Sherpa Buddhism /

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An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century--a religious development that was a major departure from "folk" or "popular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate soc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ortner, Sherry B., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1989.
Colección:Princeton studies in culture/power/history.
Temas:
Sherpa (Nepalese people) > Religion.
Buddhism > Nepal.
Sherpa (Nepalese people)
Sherpa (Peuple du Népal) > Religion.
Bouddhisme > Népal.
Sherpa (Peuple du Népal)
RELIGION / Buddhism / General
Buddhism.
Nepal.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Orthography
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Chronology of Sherpa History
  • Chapter I: Introduction: The Project, the People, and the Problem
  • Who Are The Sherpas?
  • Fieldwork
  • Expanding Practice Theory
  • Chapter II: The Early History of the Sherpas: Fraternal Contradictions
  • Time Frame
  • The Sources
  • Migration, Settlement, and Subsistence
  • Family and Inheritance
  • Egalitarianism and Hierarchy: The Core Contradiction
  • Inheritance, Economy, and Inequality
  • Leadership and Power
  • Religion before the Temples
  • Chapter III: The Founding of the First Sherpa Temple: Political Contradictions
  • Time Frame
  • The Novelty of Noncelibate Temples
  • The Stories of the First Founding
  • The Political Rivalry with Zongnamba
  • Contradictions of the Political Order
  • Chapter IV: The Meaning of Temple Founding: Cultural Schemas
  • Cultural Schemas
  • The Founding of Zhung Temple
  • The Schema
  • Rituals for Gaining the Protection of the Gods
  • "Grounding" the Schema
  • Merit and Power
  • Chapter V: The Sherpas and the State
  • Time Frame
  • The Period before the Temples (1533-1720)
  • The Further Evil Ways of Zongnamba
  • The Gorkha Conquest and Long-Term State Interference
  • The Enrichment of the Big People
  • The founding of Khumjung Temple
  • Controlling thE Big People
  • Chapter VI: The Political Economy of Monastery Foundings
  • Time Frame
  • Getting Rich with the Raj and the Ranas
  • The Effects of the British in Darjeeling in the Second half of the Nineteenth Century
  • Trade and Profit: The Further Enrichment of the Big People
  • The Continuing Contradictory Impact of the Nepal State
  • The state as a Source of Wealth
  • More Pembu Conflict
  • Further Political Erosion
  • Chapter VII: The Big People Found the Monasteries: Legitimation and Self-Worth
  • Actors and Schemas
  • The Founding of Tengboche, 1916
  • Karma as Hero
  • The Lamas and the Schema
  • Building Tengboche: 1916-1919
  • The Founding of Chiwong, 1923
  • Building Chiwong (1923-1929)
  • Sangye as Hero
  • Legitimation from the Big Point of View: Prestige and Merit
  • Chapter VIII: The Small People
  • Who Are The Small People?
  • The Sherpas in the Larger Economic Context of Nepal
  • The Genesis of Smallness
  • Migrations
  • The Introduction of the Potato
  • Wage Labor and the Empowerment of the Small People
  • Founding the Monasteries: Feeling "Big"
  • Chapter IX: Monks and Nuns
  • Time Frame
  • The Founding of Devuche Nunnery
  • Who Are the Monks and Nuns?
  • The Monks and Nuns as Little Big People
  • The Nineteenth-Century Marriage Squeeze
  • Rumbu Monastery and the Seeds of Monastic Rebellion
  • The Founding of Rumbu
  • Gelungma Palma and Monasticism by Choice
  • Founding the Monasteries
  • Revolution at Thami Temple
  • Chapter X: Conclusions: Sherpa History and a Theory of Practice

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