Forging the golden urn : the Qing Empire and the politics of reincarnation in Tibet / Max Oidtmann.
Forging the golden urn : the Qing Empire and the politics of reincarnation in Tibet / Max Oidtmann.
Forging the golden urn : the Qing Empire and the politics of reincarnation in Tibet / Max Oidtmann.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/5261
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English
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xvii, 330 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The royal regulations -- Shamanic colonialism -- Amdowas speaking in code -- Conclusion : paradoxes of the urn and the limits of empire.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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New York (State)
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[2018]
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"In 1995, the People's Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the ability of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile to independently identify reincarnations. In so doing,...
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Forging the golden urn : the Qing Empire and the politics of reincarnation in Tibet / Max Oidtmann.
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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/5261
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9780231184069 hardcover alkaline paper
0231184069 hardcover alkaline paper
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951.503
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991024187510802626
