| Autor: |
Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961-, author |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: |
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. |
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| Druh dokumentu: |
Bibliographies; Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: |
Summary: "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. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Databáze: |
Vybrané kolekce e-knih |
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