Site mapAbout usConsultative CommitteeAsk LibrarianContributionCopyrightCitation GuidelineDonationHome        

CatalogAuthor AuthorityGoogle
Search engineFulltextScripturesLanguage LessonsLinks
 


Extra service
Tools
Export
Rule By Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State
Author Michael, Franz (著)
Edition1st Edition
VolumeSilver Jubilee Inauguration Number
Date1982
Pages227
PublisherWestview Press
LocationBoulder, CO, US [博爾德, 科羅拉多州, 美國]
SeriesWestview special study
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
NoteFranz Michael is professor emeritus at George Washington University, where he was associate director and director of the Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies from 1964 to 1972. Dr. Michael's publications include Rule by Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State (Westview)
AbstractThe 1959 Chinese military takeover of Tibet brought an end to a unique way of life in which Buddhism provided legitimacy to political and social authority in Tibet and served as value system, cultural bond, philosophy of life, and framework for a complex political and social order. The religious-political system of Tibet now exists only in the memories of those who experienced it. This book documents the human heritage and cultural traditions of Tibet's singular society as they developed and existed during a period of several hundred years. Using Max Weber's framework of the interrelationship between religious ideologies and the emergence of social, economic, and political systems, Franz Michael and his colleagues analyze the concepts that are central to Tibetan Buddhism and apply them to the Tibetan people, their social and political order, and their way of life. Much of the study is based on interviews with Tibetans in exile-from incarnations and highly placed ecclesiastical and secular government leaders to farmers, herdsmen, and housewives. The result is important not only as the record of a culture, but also as it is related by the authors to the broader issue of the modernization of non-Western traditional societies.
Table of contentsAlso of Interest
Preface
Introduction
Religion and Government in Tibet
The Ecclesiastical and Secular Arms of Government
Government Agencies and Procedures
Provincial and Local Government
The Social Order
Education
Survival of a Culture?
The Last Testament of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama (1876-1933)
Gangloma: In Praise of Manjusri
The Sixteen Human Principles (Michö Tsangma Chudruk)
The Charter of Hemis Monastery (Kagyupa Order)
Endowment of Funds for Namling Monastery in Western Tibet
Selected Passages from the Charter of Sera Monastery
ISBN9780865312265 (hbc)
Related reviews
  1. Book Review: Rule By Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State by Franz Michael / Sinha, Nirmal C. (評論)
  2. Book Review: Rule by Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State by Franz Michael / Wylie, Turrell V. (評論)
  3. Book Review: Rule by Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State by Franz Michael / Denwood, P. T. (評論)
Hits69
Created date2023.09.13
Modified date2023.09.13



Best viewed with Chrome, Firefox, Safari(Mac) but not supported IE

Notice

You are leaving our website for The full text resources provided by the above database or electronic journals may not be displayed due to the domain restrictions or fee-charging download problems.

Record correction

Please delete and correct directly in the form below, and click "Apply" at the bottom.
(When receiving your information, we will check and correct the mistake as soon as possible.)

Serial No.
681649

Search History (Only show 10 bibliography limited)
Search Criteria Field Codes
Search CriteriaBrowse