Vision and Violence (eBook)

Lama Zhang and the Politics of Charisma in Twelfth-Century Tibet

Carl S. Yamamoto (Autor)

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2012
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-23010-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the "e;Tibetan renaissance."e; Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered public life in mid-career and forged a new model of rulership and religious community that would set the standard for later religious rulers of Lhasa-most notably the Dalai Lamas. The focus of the model was the tantric hermit who comes down from the mountains and sustains a worldly community through his mastery of space, time, and symbol. The subject is approached through a complex of related issues: lineage and tradition-formation, charisma and hegemony, literary genre, textual economy, and the politics of tantra.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.5.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• ISBN-10: 90-04-23010-6 / 9004230106
• ISBN-13: 978-90-04-23010-1 / 9789004230101