Tibet on fire
John Whalen-Bridge
Tibet on fire : Buddhism, protest, and the rhetoric of self-immolation /John Whalen-Bridge - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan , 2015. - xxii,216 Pages ;24 cm.
1. Introduction: The Tibetan Situation --
2. Before Self-Immolation: Tibetan Monks on the World Stage, circa 2008 --
3. Self-Immolation as Irreversible Speech: The Cost of Expressing Tibetan Aspirations --
4. Making a Scene: Actor, Time, and Place --
5. Purpose: Politics, Buddhism, and Tibetan Survival --
6. External Affairs: The Globalization of China's War on Tibet --
7. Conclusion: Tibet's Next Incarnation
Extreme conditions lead to extreme protest, and contradictions between the Buddhist-inflected rhetoric of non-harm and the agony of self-immolation have been accounted for variously. The interpreters create descriptions that reflect, select, and sometimes deflect the reality of the burning corpse, calling attention to a certain place and time. In this volume, John Whalen-Bridge applies Kenneth Burke's interpretive suggestions to the phenomenon of a Buddhist-inflected self-immolation movement. Tibet on Fire considers the possibility that the self-burnings could be interpreted as an extension of the struggle that constitutes part of what Kenneth Burke called a 'logomachy.' The volume seeks to: open up the possibility of multiple motivations, explain the significance of shifting contexts, and explore the pervasive substitutions in which the self-immolator and the Dalai Lama trade places in attempts to understand the Tibetan situation
9781137373731
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092
History
Self-immolation -- Political aspects -- Tibet Region.--Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Tibet Region.
951.50612 WHA
Tibet on fire : Buddhism, protest, and the rhetoric of self-immolation /John Whalen-Bridge - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan , 2015. - xxii,216 Pages ;24 cm.
1. Introduction: The Tibetan Situation --
2. Before Self-Immolation: Tibetan Monks on the World Stage, circa 2008 --
3. Self-Immolation as Irreversible Speech: The Cost of Expressing Tibetan Aspirations --
4. Making a Scene: Actor, Time, and Place --
5. Purpose: Politics, Buddhism, and Tibetan Survival --
6. External Affairs: The Globalization of China's War on Tibet --
7. Conclusion: Tibet's Next Incarnation
Extreme conditions lead to extreme protest, and contradictions between the Buddhist-inflected rhetoric of non-harm and the agony of self-immolation have been accounted for variously. The interpreters create descriptions that reflect, select, and sometimes deflect the reality of the burning corpse, calling attention to a certain place and time. In this volume, John Whalen-Bridge applies Kenneth Burke's interpretive suggestions to the phenomenon of a Buddhist-inflected self-immolation movement. Tibet on Fire considers the possibility that the self-burnings could be interpreted as an extension of the struggle that constitutes part of what Kenneth Burke called a 'logomachy.' The volume seeks to: open up the possibility of multiple motivations, explain the significance of shifting contexts, and explore the pervasive substitutions in which the self-immolator and the Dalai Lama trade places in attempts to understand the Tibetan situation
9781137373731
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092
History
Self-immolation -- Political aspects -- Tibet Region.--Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Tibet Region.
951.50612 WHA
