Donald Lopez provides in this book a cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. He reveals fanciful misconceptions of Tibetan life and religion, examines the movement for independence from China and the politics of the term "Lamaism", a pejorative synonym for Tibetan Buddhism. The book aims to present more than pop-culture anomalies, the history of Tibet presented is embedded in scholarly souces, and constitute a union of both the popular and academic.
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Donald Lopez provides in this book a cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. He reveals fanciful misconceptions of Tibetan life and religion, examines the movement for independence from China and the politics of the term "Lamaism", a pejorative synonym for Tibetan Buddhism. The book aims to present more than pop-culture anomalies, the history of Tibet presented is embedded in scholarly souces, and constitute a union of both the popular and academic.
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Very Good-. Size: 8x6x0; VG-. tan and black glossy photo-illustrated wraps, bagged for protection, shelf wear, small creases near corners and spine ends of wraps, very lightly spotted page edges, book is well bound, text is generally clean. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by author Donald Lopez on flyleaf with personalized inscription addressed to Mika Walte(? ). Once Read Books, cover scan available-just ask, OnceReadBooks comOrders shipped via USPS.