Self and Society: Essays on Pali Literature and Social Theory 1988–2010 Performing Arts This book analyzes the systematic

This book analyzes the systematic construction of the image of the Other

Kyoto University

It demonstrates how the Panchen Lama’s flight from his monastery on the night of December 22

ethnographic research on minorities and communities contesting heritage

After the 1932 overthrow of the absolute monarchy

Self and Society: Essays on Pali Literature and Social Theory 1988–2010 Performing Arts This book analyzes the systematicThis selection of essays, originally published between 1988 and 2010, demonstrates that in the study of Buddhism a concern with detailed accuracy in philological and textual specifics can be combined with an attempt to deal with wider (and difficult) philosophical and sociological issues. The first part, Pali Literature, deals with the historical formation of the Pali Canon, with the continuing oral aspects of Pali texts, and looks at the entire range