Tibet on fire: Buddhism, protest, and the rhetoric of self-immolation

"Extreme conditions lead to extreme protest, and contradictions between the Buddhist-inflected rhetoric of non-harm and the agony of self-immolation have been accounted for variously. The interpreters create descriptions that reflect, select, and sometimes deflect the reality of the burning cor...

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Main Author: Whalen-Bridge, John 1961- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2015
In:Year: 2015
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tibet / Buddhist / Protest / Suicide by burning oneself
B Tibet / Tibetans / Political protest / Lamaism / Suicide by burning oneself
Further subjects:B China Politics and government 2002-
B Rhetoric Religious aspects Buddhism
B Self-immolation Political aspects (Tibet Region)
B Self-immolation Religious aspects Buddhism
B Rhetoric Political aspects (Tibet Region)
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Summary:"Extreme conditions lead to extreme protest, and contradictions between the Buddhist-inflected rhetoric of non-harm and the agony of self-immolation have been accounted for variously. The interpreters create descriptions that reflect, select, and sometimes deflect the reality of the burning corpse, calling attention to a certain place and time. In this volume, John Whalen-Bridge applies Kenneth Burke's interpretive suggestions to the phenomenon of a Buddhist-inflected self-immolation movement. Tibet on Fire considers the possibility that the self-burnings could be interpreted as an extension of the struggle that constitutes part of what Kenneth Burke called a 'logomachy.' The volume seeks to: open up the possibility of multiple motivations, explain the significance of shifting contexts, and explore the pervasive substitutions in which the self-immolator and the Dalai Lama trade places in attempts to understand the Tibetan situation. "--
"Using Kenneth Burke's dramatism, a way of exploring multiple motivation in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015 as communication. More than anything else, the act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide"--
"Extreme conditions lead to extreme protest, and contradictions between the Buddhist-inflected rhetoric of non-harm and the agony of self-immolation have been accounted for variously. The interpreters create descriptions that reflect, select, and sometimes deflect the reality of the burning corpse, calling attention to a certain place and time. In this volume, John Whalen-Bridge applies Kenneth Burke's interpretive suggestions to the phenomenon of a Buddhist-inflected self-immolation movement. Tibet on Fire considers the possibility that the self-burnings could be interpreted as an extension of the struggle that constitutes part of what Kenneth Burke called a 'logomachy.' The volume seeks to: open up the possibility of multiple motivations, explain the significance of shifting contexts, and explore the pervasive substitutions in which the self-immolator and the Dalai Lama trade places in attempts to understand the Tibetan situation. "--
"Using Kenneth Burke's dramatism, a way of exploring multiple motivation in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015 as communication. More than anything else, the act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1137373733