Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China

Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China
ISBN-10
0231134460
ISBN-13
9780231134460
Category
History
Pages
337
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Gray Tuttle

Description

Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering relations between Tibet and China from the Republican period (1912-1949) to the early years of Communist rule. Tuttle offers new insights on the impact of modern ideas of nationalism, race, and religion in East Asia. He draws on previously unexamined archival and governmental materials, as well as personal memoirs of Chinese politicians and Buddhist monks, and ephemera from religious ceremonies.

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