wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Rebuilding Buddhism: The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-Century Nepal
ISBN: 9780674025547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism was introduced into Nepal from Burma and Sri Lanka in the 1930s, and its adherents have struggled for recognition and acceptance ever since. With its focus on the austere figure of the monk and the biography of the historical Buddha, and more recently with its emphasis on individualizing meditation and on gender equality, Theravada Buddhism contrasts sharply with the highly ritualized Tantric Buddhism traditionally practiced in the... Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form... |
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170,61 zł |
Resistance and the State: Nepalese Experiences
ISBN: 9781845452162 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. There has been growing concern about "failed states" around the world, and since the massacre of the Royal family in Nepal in 2001 increasing media attention has focused on the decline of the state and the rise of the Maoist rebels in this Himalayan kingdom where so many Westerners have taken trekking vacations. Development was always going to be a problem in Nepal, but few predicted the precipitous collapse of the state in rural areas in the face of the Maoist insurgency beginning in 1996 due, to a large extent, to the failure of the state to deliver promised development and benefits;... There has been growing concern about "failed states" around the world, and since the massacre of the Royal family in Nepal in 2001 increasing medi... |
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560,34 zł |
Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia
ISBN: 9780822355564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. The collected essays portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Whether discussing Shi'i Muslims striving to be patriotic Indians in the Kashmiri district of Kargil or Bangladeshis living uneasily in an enclave surrounded by Indian territory, the contributors show that state borders in Northern South Asia are complex sites of contestation. India's borders with...
Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the...
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126,74 zł |
Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia
ISBN: 9780822355427 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. The collected essays portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Whether discussing Shi'i Muslims striving to be patriotic Indians in the Kashmiri district of Kargil or Bangladeshis living uneasily in an enclave surrounded by Indian territory, the contributors show that state borders in Northern South Asia are complex sites of contestation. India's borders with...
Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the...
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490,61 zł |
Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste Among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
ISBN: 9780198279600 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this book, six anthropologists pool their knowledge of the three ancient Newar cities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur, and of other settlements nearby. The social institutions of all the main caste groups--priests, patrons, artisans, farmers, and low castes--are given extended consideration, and the study is framed by a historical introduction and a comparative conclusion. In addition, it is well illustrated with fascinating black and white photos which have been specially taken to illustrate aspects of the society under study. The result is the most complete description and analysis...
In this book, six anthropologists pool their knowledge of the three ancient Newar cities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur, and of other settlemen...
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313,90 zł |
Re-Creating Anthropology: Sociality, Matter, and the Imagination
ISBN: 9781032131887 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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706,98 zł |