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Demystifying Tibet - Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows (Paperback, 1st elephant pbk. ed)
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Demystifying Tibet - Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows (Paperback, 1st elephant pbk. ed)
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This authoritative view of the history and culture of Tibet comes
at a time when this ancient land is in danger of losing its
identity and culture under Chinese rule. In a compact narrative
account, Lee Feigon describes Tibet's long and independent history,
which belies Chinese claims to hegemony over the Tibetan people.
Beginning in the seventh century with the origins of the Tibetan
state, Tibetans have borrowed cultural and political forms from
their neighbors, including China and India, but have always
developed them in their own distinct manner. Tibet has in fact at
times ruled vast portions of China, India, Nepal, Central Asia, and
even the Middle East. As Tibetans assimilated Buddhist ideals, they
gradually cultivated the powerful and magical religious aura that
has given birth to legends of Shangri-la. Tracing this history
through Mongol and Manchu rule in China, the advent of
nineteenth-century Western imperialism, and the radical and
sometimes racist policies of Communist China, which have aimed to
transform Tibet, Feigon shows how Tibet's grand history has
produced its present-day culture, and how the future of that
culture now lies largely in China's hands.
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