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Tibet as a Stateless Society and Some Islamic Parallels |
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Author |
Samuel, Geoffrey
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Source |
The Journal of Asian Studies
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Volume | v.41 n.2 |
Date | 1982.02 |
Pages | 215 - 229 |
Publisher | Association for Asian Studies |
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https://www.asian-studies.org/
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Location | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | 37
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Abstract | Tibet is the most numerically significant society practicing Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism. The unusual features of religion in Tibetan society are often understood in terms of differences between Vajrayana and other forms of Buddhism. The author suggests here that Tibet is not a "typical" Vajrayana society compared to the Newars or the Balinese, and that what is special about religion in Tibet is related to structural differences between Tibetan society and Buddhist states elsewhere in Asia. Tibet historically has been a region where a centralized state was barely achievable, and Tibetan political structures have more in common with stateless societies than with states. Buddhism in Tibetan society has analogies with Islam in structurally similar Islamic societies.
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Table of contents | The Uniqueness of Tibet among Buddhist Societies 215 The Nature of Tibetan Buddhism 217 The Nature of Tibetan Society 218 Islamic Parallels 222 Comparative Discussion 225 List of References 227
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ISSN | 00219118 (P); 17520401 (E) |
Hits | 309 |
Created date | 1998.04.28
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Modified date | 2020.03.30 |
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