Tibet on fire: Buddhism, protest, and the rhetoric of self-immolation
"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 cor...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tibet
/ Buddhist
/ Protest
/ Suicide by burning oneself
B Tibet / Tibetans / Political protest / Lamaism / Suicide by burning oneself |
| Further subjects: | B
China
Politics and government 2002-
B Rhetoric Religious aspects Buddhism B Self-immolation Political aspects (Tibet Region) B Self-immolation Religious aspects Buddhism B Rhetoric Political aspects (Tibet Region) |
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| 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. "-- "Using Kenneth Burke's dramatism, a way of exploring multiple motivation in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015 as communication. More than anything else, the act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide"-- "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. "-- "Using Kenneth Burke's dramatism, a way of exploring multiple motivation in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015 as communication. More than anything else, the act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1137373733 |