UID:
almahu_9949702932302882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9783657760480
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9783506760487
Series Statement:
Eurasian Studies Library ; 16
Content:
The book systematically explores the history of the Buddhist community in the Russian Empire. It offers an advanced overview of the relations that existed between the Buriat Buddhists and the Russian imperial authorities. Various institutions and actors represented Russian power: foreign and interior ministries, the Irkutsk general-governorship, the Orthodox Christian mission of East Siberia, local journalists and academic scholars. The book is focussing especially on the evolution of imperial legislation and specific administrative mechanisms aiming at the regulation of Buddhist affairs. The author demonstrates how these actors responded to conflicting situations and collisions of interests. Thus the history of relations between Russia and her Buddhist subjects is shown as a complex process with participation of a number of actors with their own interests and motivations.
Note:
Front Matter --
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Chapter 1 Introduction /
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Chapter 2 Building the Church of the Lamas /
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Chapter 3 Dealing with the 'Lama Issue' /
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Chapter 4 Learning to Live Together /
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Chapter 5 From Lamaism to Buddhism /
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Chapter 6 Conclusion /
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Back Matter --
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Bibliography /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Under the Shadow of White Tara : Buriat Buddhists in Imperial Russia, Paderborn : Brill | Schöningh, 2021 ISBN 9783506760487
Language:
English
