The Social and the Religious in the Making of Tibetan Societies
New Perspectives on Imperial Tibet
edited by Guntram Hazod,
Paperback (Published)
(June 2022)
ISBN: 9783700190080
7.44 x 10.59 inches
Price: $132.00
In stock
This volume contains eight contributions belonging to the field of early Tibetan studies with a strong social anthropological and historical perspective. The thematic focus is related to the social and the religious in the making of Tibetan societies primarily between the 7th and 17th century. This includes studies of the conception of the rulers of early (7th-9th century) Tibet and their burial customs, the socio-political topography, the adoption of Buddhism as state religion in the 8th century and its role in the foundation of the West Tibetan kingdom in the 10th century as well as ritual traditions in later (post-11th century) regional contexts. The main hypothesis underlying the contributions in this volume is the indissoluble connection of the religious with the social, which is reflected in formulations of “custom” and “tradition” and a conception of “sacred” kingship and related ritual practices in pre-Buddhist contexts that were modified with the introduction and establishment of Buddhism and adapted in post-dynastic times to various regional contexts. In these studies, the basis is formed by so far little-researched primary written sources (Tibetan texts, manuscripts, and inscriptions) and a wealth of newly documented first-hand archaeological, geographic, and ethnographic data. Beside the keen attention to primary sources throughout the volume, another strongly innovative aspect consists of the successful application of fresh concepts in the social anthropology of the social and the religious to a variety of historical, in particular 7th-9th century Tibetan contexts.
- Edited by Mathias Fermer
- Edited by Guntram Hazod
- Edited by Christian Jahoda
Other Titles in this Series
Medieval Rule in Tibet
The Rlangs Clan and the Political and Religious History of the Ruling House of Phag mo gru pa. With a Study of the Monastic Art of Gdan sa mthil
Volume 20
Exploring Himalayan Cultural and Textual Heritage
The Legacy and Impact of René Nebesky-Wojkowitz
Volume 35
Material Aspects of Building and Craft Traditions
Spatial Programme - Building Material - Natural Environment. A Himalayan Case Study
Volume 26
Volkerkunde zur NS-Zeit aus Wien (1938-1945)
Institutionen, Biographien und Praktiken in Netzwerken
Volume 27
Similar Books
The Body
Lived, Cultured, Adorned: Essays on Dress and the Body in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Nili S. Fox
La Suisse, espace privilegie du neoliberalisme / Die Schweiz, ein idealer Nahrboden fur den Neoliberalismus
Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie
The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam
Volume 10.0
Gender in Gandharan Art
Representations and Interactions in the Buddhist Context (1st-4th centuries CE)
Groundbreaking Technologies in the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant
8igh Resolution and Multi-scale Functional Analysis of Ground Stone Tools
Volume 3
Liberating the Repressed Self among Contemporary Chinese
A Theoretical Study Involving Tu Weiming and Jürgen Moltmann
Volume 41
