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Reb kong in the multiethnic context of Amdo: religion, language, ethnicity, and identity
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Introducing Tibetan Buddhism
No full textThis lively introduction is the ideal starting point for students wishing to undertake a comprehensive study of Tibetan religion. It covers the development and influence of Tibetan Buddhism and the key schools and traditions, including Bon. Geoffrey Samuel helps students get to grips with a complex set of beliefs and practices and provides a clear sense of the historical, cultural and textual background. Important contemporary issues such as gender, national identity and Tibetan Buddhism in the world today are also addressed. Illustrated throughout, the book includes a chronology, glossary, pronunciation guide, summaries, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading that will aid understanding and revision
Tantric revisionings: new understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian religion
No full textTantric Revisionings presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion, particularly their Tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies. Geoffrey Samuel adopts an historically and textually informed anthropological approach, seeking to locate and understand religion in its social and cultural context. The question of the relation between 'popular' (folk, domestic, village, 'shamanic') religion and elite (literary, textual, monastic) religion forms a recurring theme through these studies. Six chapters have not been previously published; the previously published studies included are in publications which are difficult to locate outside major specialist libraries
Where the Eagles Dare by Brian Geoffrey Hutton. An attempt of analysis
No full textThe article is a contemporary attempt of analysis of the phenomenon of the best-seller from the sixties of the twentieth century – Where the Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean and the film based on this novel directed by Brian Geoffrey Hutton. The author of the book was also a screenwriter of the movie and, together with the director put the pressure on the situations not the content of the book, which they accomplished. From one side the movie is a faithful adaptation of the novel, from the other side the movie’s language and the filmmakers’ talent resulted in creating an incredible masterpiece, which has and will always have a great audience. The screenwriter, director, author of the music and actors ensured that the film was suggestive. The special effects are particularly interesting because they are so realistic
Brian Ferneyhough : the logic of the figure
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