Peace and Conflict in Ladakh

The Construction of a Fragile Web of Order
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15596-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 654 g

Reihe: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

Long caught between powerful neighbours, Ladakh is now a border region in the vast Indian nation state. In this detailed, anthropological study Fernanda Pirie traces the ways order has been created by, but also despite and in defiance of, the powerful external forces of religion, war, politics and wealth.
Gradually a clear analysis unfolds of the subtle dynamics that have long characterised relations between local communities and centres of power and which can successfully be applied to the wider region. This exemplary study of conflict resolution brings to light the means by which small communities, both rural and urban, negotiate peace amidst the heterogeneous forces of modernity, while at the same time critically re-examining theories that over-emphasize the explanatory power of Buddhism.
This rich ethnographic account of local practices fills a conspicuous gap in secondary literature on Tibetan law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pirie, Fernanda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik

Über Autor(innen)

Fernanda Pirie, DPhil (2002) in anthropology at Oxford University, is a research fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University.