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The Culture of the Book in Tibet
Kurtis Schaeffer
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Description for The Culture of the Book in Tibet
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society. Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings and queens who produced Tibet's massive canons. He describes how Tibetan scholars edited and printed works of religion, literature, art, and science and ... Read more
The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society. Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings and queens who produced Tibet's massive canons. He describes how Tibetan scholars edited and printed works of religion, literature, art, and science and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231147170
SKU
V9780231147170
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Ref
99-15
About Kurtis Schaeffer
Kurtis R. Schaeffer is a student of the cultural and intellectual history of Tibet. He is professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan Traditions of an Indian Buddhist Poet-Saint.
Reviews for The Culture of the Book in Tibet
[A] brilliant study.
Lauran R. Hartley The Journal of Asian Studies This elegant, readable work portrays the considerable traditional Tibetan enterprise of book production.
Jonathan C. Gold Religious Studies Review This innovative and highly original exploration into the Tibetan culture of the book... is highly recommended reading for everybody interested in Tibetan Studies and cultural studies in general. ... Read more
Lauran R. Hartley The Journal of Asian Studies This elegant, readable work portrays the considerable traditional Tibetan enterprise of book production.
Jonathan C. Gold Religious Studies Review This innovative and highly original exploration into the Tibetan culture of the book... is highly recommended reading for everybody interested in Tibetan Studies and cultural studies in general. ... Read more