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The papers in this volume examine the variations of cultural expression within "Greater Tibet," a conceptual framework that considers Tibeto-Burman speakers and their mutual affiliations as a group different from the larger nation-states in which they now find themselves.
List of contents
Introduction: Greater Tibet, P. Christiaan Klieger
Chapter 1: Tibetan Exile or Diaspora: India as a "Second Homeland," Namgyal Choedup
Chapter 2: Another Tibet at the Heart of Qing China: Location of Tibetan Buddhism in the Mentality of the Qing Chinese Mind at Jehol, Hanung Kim
Chapter 3: The Rawang Tribes of Highland Southeast Asia: Survival and the Process of Marginalization, P. Christiaan Klieger
Chapter 4: Tibet as a State: International Law and Historical Facts, Sergius L. Kuzmin
Chapter 5: The Role of India's National Interests vis-à-vis Tibet: Tibetan Nationalism and Tibetan Activism, Seokbae Lee
Chapter 6: The Baltistan Movement on Facebook: Supersize effects and small-scale acts in the Western Himalayas, Jan Magnusson
Chapter 7: A Case for Gelukpa Governance: The Historians of Labrang, Amdo, and the Manchu Rulers of China, Max Oidtmann
Chapter 8: Essay: Buddhism post-Soviet Union: Buddhism in the Russian Federation, 1991 to the Present, Telo Tulku Rinpoche
Chapter 9: Essay: A Greater Tibet and the Irony of Liberation, Tenzin N. Tethong
About the author
P. Christiaan Klieger is an anthropologist who has taught at University of Hawai'i, University of Pittsburgh, and Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Summary
The papers in this volume examine the variations of cultural expression within "Greater Tibet," a conceptual framework that considers Tibeto-Burman speakers and their mutual affiliations as a group different from the larger nation-states in which they now find themselves.
