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Dreamworld Tibet: Western Illusions
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Dreamworld Tibet: Western Illusions Hardcover - 2004

by Martin Brauen


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That is how on 8th November 1624 the Jesuit Father Antonio de Andrade (1580-1634) described the reasons why he and his companion Father Manuel Marques travelled to the kingdom of Guge in Western Tibet.

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  • Title Dreamworld Tibet: Western Illusions
  • Author Martin Brauen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orchid Press, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Date May 2004
  • ISBN 9789745240513 / 9745240516
  • Weight 3.2 lbs (1.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.57 x 8.56 x 1.06 in (29.39 x 21.74 x 2.69 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.5
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004. In this lively and engaging new work on conceptions ofTibet in Western European and American societies, anthropologist Brauen paints a damning portrait of misinterpretation, trivialization and political and commercial exploitation of a rich and ancient culture. Starting with idealistic adventurers in search of a Himalayan Utopia from the 17th century onward, Brauen's most disturbing portrayals are the distortions of 20th century neo-Nazis, Hollywood moguls and the commercial-industrial complex. The author analyses and describes the cynical exploitation, up to the present, of Tibetan Buddhism--a fundamental objective of which is the elimination of human greed--to further Western commercial aims. Nor does Brauen absolve Tibetans themselves in the use of the more benign, even flattering, of these distorted images as they strive to draw the world's attention to their politically and socially tenuous situation. Illustrations include a diverse and at times shocking… Read More
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