Mountains and Ancestors: Buddhism, environmental kinship, and cosmology in Golok, East Tibet
This thesis explores traditional sociopolitical structures and cultural perceptions of the ecological environment in the region of Golok in East Tibet (present southern Qinghai Province of the People’s Republic of China), and how they both relate to cosmological notions. It examines a local cosmolo...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2026
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | This thesis explores traditional sociopolitical structures and cultural perceptions of the ecological environment in the region of Golok in East Tibet (present southern Qinghai Province of the People’s Republic of China), and how they both relate to cosmological notions. It examines a local cosmology of the land, mountains, and ancestors that derives from the local clanic segmentary organisation, topography, and ecological environment, and how Buddhism operates in this situation and adapts t... |
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