High Religion (eBook)

A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism

Sherry B. Ortner (Autor)

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2020
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9780691218076 (ISBN)

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An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century--a religious development that was a major departure from "e;folk"e; or "e;popular"e; Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific and historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and one of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywhere. Combining ethnographic and oral-historical methods, she scrutinizes the interplay of political and cultural factors in the events culminating in the foundings. Her work constitutes a major advance both in our knowledge of Sherpa Buddhism and in the integration of anthropological and historical modes of analysis. At the theoretical level, the book contributes to an emerging theory of "e;practice,"e; an explanation of the relationship between human intentions and actions on the one hand, and the structures of society and culture that emerge from and feed back upon those intentions and actions on the other. It will appeal not only to the increasing number of anthropologists working on similar problems but also to historians anxious to discover what anthropology has to offer to historical analysis. In addition, it will be essential reading for those interested in Nepal, Tibet, the Sherpa, or Buddhism in general.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • Amali (gembu) • American Anthropological Association • Anecdote • anthropologist • Bir Shumshere (Rana) • birth order • Bogle, George • Buddhism • Cambridge University Press • Career • celibacy • Celibate monks • Chhetri • Chogyal • Classlessness in Sherpa society • Collecting • Commodity • Competition • competitiveness • consecration • culture change • Darjeeling • Dawa Tenzing • debt slavery • deity • dowry • Dumje festival • egalitarianism • Entrepreneurship • exorcisms • field research • folk hero • Gananath Obeyesekere • Gelungma Palma • Gembu Tsepal • Glossary • Gompa • Habitus (sociology) • Hastings, Warren • hegemony • Helambu people • Himalayas • Hinduism • His Family • historical anthropology • Household • human behavior • Ideology • Indication (medicine) • Inheritance patterns • Institution • Jang Bahadur (Rana) • Kathmandu • Kemba Dorje • Khumbu • Khumjung • Kusang • Laity • Lama clan (Tamang) • Lama Rena Lingba • Legitimacy (political) • Legitimation • Levi-Strauss, C. • Lhasa • Makwan Sher • Maoi Rimdu festival • Monastery • Monasticism • Mountaineering • Mustang province • Namche Bazaar • Nangpa La • Nangpa La (pass) • National Science Foundation • Nepal • Nepali language • Ngawang Samden (nun) • nun • Offering rituals • Oral History • Padmasambhava • Parsons, Talcott • peasant • Political Economy • Political System • Politics • Polyandry • Portion • Potato Cultivation • Practice Theory • Ram, Hari • Reincarnation • Religion • Religious Community • reliquary • residence • Rinpoche • seniority • Serkim gompa • Sherpa people • sibling • Sikkim • Social Order • Social organization • social relation • Social Science • Social Status • Society • Strongman politics • Stupa • Superiority (short story) • Talcott Parsons • Tashilhunpo monastery • Tax • Tax Collector • Tengboche • Tengboche Monastery • Thami • the monastery • The Other Hand • Tibetan Buddhism • tibetan people • Trade Route • Tulku • Tutelary deity • Vajra • Wealth • WORD • Writing
• ISBN-13: 9780691218076 / 9780691218076