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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777025503321

Autore

Pirie Fernanda <1964->

Titolo

Peace and conflict in Ladakh [[electronic resource] ] : the construction of a fragile web of order / / by Fernanda Pirie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-45820-1

9786611458201

90-474-1181-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Brill's Tibetan studies library, , 1568-6183 ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

954/.6

Soggetti

Ladākh (India) Social life and customs

Ladākh (India) Boundaries

Ladākh (India) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / F. Pirie -- Chapter One. Introduction / F. Pirie -- Chapter Two. Ladakh / F. Pirie -- Chapter Three. Village Organisation / F. Pirie -- Chapter Four. Conflict In The Village / F. Pirie -- Chapter Five. The Realm Of The Spirits / F. Pirie -- Chapter Six. Losar / F. Pirie -- Chapter Seven. The Sacred Social Order / F. Pirie -- Chapter Eight. Ethnographic Tibet / F. Pirie -- Chapter Nine. Urban Processes And Political Change / F. Pirie -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion / F. Pirie -- Glossary / F. Pirie -- Bibliography / F. Pirie -- Index / F. Pirie.

Sommario/riassunto

Long caught between powerful neighbours, Ladakh is now a border region in the vast Indian nation state. In this detailed, anthropological study Fernanda Pirie traces the ways order has been created by, but also despite and in defiance of, the powerful external forces of religion, war, politics and wealth. Gradually a clear analysis unfolds of the subtle dynamics that have long characterised relations between local communities and centres of power and which can successfully be applied to the wider region. This exemplary study of conflict resolution brings to light the means by which small communities, both rural and urban, negotiate peace amidst the heterogeneous forces of modernity, while at the same time critically re-examining theories that over-



emphasize the explanatory power of Buddhism. This rich ethnographic account of local practices fills a conspicuous gap in secondary literature on Tibetan law.