Vision and Violence

Lama Zhang and the Politics of Charisma in Twelfth-Century Tibet
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-21240-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 777 g

Reihe: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the "Tibetan renaissance." Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered public life in mid-career and forged a new model of rulership and religious community that would set the standard for later religious rulers of Lhasa—most notably the Dalai Lamas. The focus of the model was the tantric hermit who comes down from the mountains and sustains a worldly community through his mastery of space, time, and symbol. The subject is approached through a complex of related issues: lineage and tradition-formation, charisma and hegemony, literary genre, textual economy, and the politics of tantra.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the "renaissance" period, but also those interested in politics and religion, textual production, literary genre, and the formation of traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yamamoto, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Über Autor(innen)

Yamamoto, Carl
Carl S. Yamamoto, Ph.D., University of Virginia (2009), is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Towson University. His specialty is medieval Tibetan Buddhism and he is especially interested in textual production, literary genre, and the formation of lineages.