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| The Geopolitics of Buddhist Reincarnation: Contested Futures of Tibetan Leadership | ||
| 作者 | McConnell, Fiona (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Area |
| 卷期 | v.45 n.2 June |
| 出版日期 | 2013.06 |
| 頁次 | 162 - 169 |
| 出版者 | Wiley |
| 出版者網址 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ |
| 出版地 | New Jersey, US [紐澤西州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Fiona McConnell, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TQ |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddhism; geopolitics; Tibet; China; legitimacy; Dalai Lama |
| 摘要 | In attending to a religion and a region often overlooked in critical geopolitics, this paper examines the intersections between issues of legitimacy, agency and authority, and the case of Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhist values and political policies are deeply intertwined in the Tibetan case, to the extent that the political philosophy of Tibet - both prior to 1959 and in exile - is chos srid gnyis Idan, or 'religion and politics combined'. Central to this conflation has been the figure of the Dalai Lama who, since 1642, has been the spiritual and political leader of Tibet. However, in March 2011, the current and 14th Dalai Lama declared his retirement from political life and devolution of political power to the directly elected exile Prime Minister (Kalon Tripa). Six months later, His Holiness issued a statement on the future of his own successor, declaring that he has the 'sole legitimate authority' over the reincarnation of the next Dalai Lama. Within days the Chinese Government responded by declaring that 'the title of Dalai Lama is conferred by the central government and is illegal otherwise'. In historically contextualising and critically analysing these recent events, this paper challenges conventional transpositional mappings of secular modernity and religious traditionalism onto the Chinese and Tibetan leadership respectively. It concludes by making the case for a more sustained critical geopolitical engagement with Buddhist communities, leaders and politics. |
| 目次 | Introduction 162 The intertwining of Tibetan politics and Buddhism 163 Separating 'church and state' 164 The geopolitics of reincarnation 165 Conclusion 167 |
| ISSN | 00040894 (P); 14754762 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 93 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.06.21 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.06.21 |
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