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| #2474285 in Books | 2014-10-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.90 x.70 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 264 pages||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Did what it set out to do quite well|By Debbie|"The Culture of the Book" took a detailed look at book-making and the place of books in society in Tibet--a culture in which religious books are literally worshiped--during the 14th-18th centuries. While the books used in the examples were mainly Buddhist texts, the author only touched on Buddhist teachings as they related to the m||[A] brilliant study. (Lauran R. Hartley The Journal of Asian Studies)
This elegant, readable work portrays the considerable traditional Tibetan enterprise of book production. (Jonathan C. Gold Religious Studies )
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The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society.
Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Culture of the Book in Tibet | Kurtis Schaeffer.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
