عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
BQ7604 .L66 1998
BQ7604
.
L66
1998
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0226493105 (alk. paper)
(Number (ISBN
9780226493107 (alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b533541
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Prisoners of Shangri-La :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Tibetan Buddhism and the West /
First Statement of Responsibility
Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 283 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-275) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. The Name -- 2. The Book -- 3. The Eye -- 4. The Spell -- 5. The Art -- 6. The Field -- 7. The Prison.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In this book, Donald Lopez provides the first cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Charting the flights of Western fantasies of Tibet and its Buddhist legacy, Lopez presents fanciful visions of Tibetan life and religion, ranging from the utopian to the demonic. He examines, among much else, the politics of the term "Lamaism," a pejorative name for Tibet's religion; the various theosophical, psychedelic, and New Age purposes served by The Tibetan Book of the Dead; the strange case of the Englishman with three eyes; and the unexpected history of the most famous of all Buddhist mantras, om mani padme hum. Throughout, Lopez demonstrates how myths of Tibet pervade both the products of pop culture and learned scholarly works.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Buddhism-- China-- Tibet Autonomous Region.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BQ7604
Book number
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L66
1998
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lopez, Donald S.,Jr.,1952-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20140218104049.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
