LEADER 03478nam 2200637 450 001 9910807180803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-3765-1 010 $a1-5017-3766-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501737664 035 $a(CKB)4100000008152830 035 $a(OCoLC)1057731231 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse74548 035 $a(DE-B1597)527365 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501737664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5763928 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5763928 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008152830 100 $a20190520d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnlightenment and the gasping city $eMongolian Buddhism at a time of environmental disarray /$fSaskia Abrahms-Kavunenko 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (251 pages) 311 0 $a1-5017-3764-3 311 0 $a1-5017-3767-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Transliteration and Terms --$tIntroduction --$t1. Dust and Obscuration in a New Economy --$t2. A History of Enlightenment in Mongolia --$t3. Buddhism, Purification, and the Nation --$t4. Ignorance and Blur --$t5. Networks and Visibility --$t6. Karma and Purification --$t7. Removing Blockages, Increasing Energy --$t8. Temple Critiques --$t9. White Foods, Purification, and Enlightenment --$tConclusion: Stillness and Movement --$tGlossary --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aWith air pollution now intimately affecting every resident of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko seeks to understand how, as a physical constant throughout the winter months, the murky and obscuring nature of air pollution has become an active part of Mongolian religious and ritual life. Enlightenment and the Gasping City identifies air pollution as a boundary between the physical and the immaterial, showing how air pollution impresses itself on the urban environment as stagnation and blur. She explores how air pollution and related phenomena exist in dynamic tension with Buddhist ideas and practices concerning purification, revitalisation and enlightenment. By focusing on light, its intersections and its oppositions, she illuminates Buddhist practices and beliefs as they interact with the pressing urban issues of air pollution, post-socialist economic vacillations, urban development, nationalism, and climate change. 606 $aBuddhism$zMongolia$zUlaanbaatar 606 $aAir$xPollution$zMongolia$zUlaanbaatar 606 $aHuman ecology$zMongolia$zUlaanbaatar 606 $aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 606 $aEthnology$zMongolia$zUlaanbaatar 610 $aMongolian Buddhism. 610 $aair pollution. 610 $aboundary between physical and immaterial. 610 $aurban issues. 615 0$aBuddhism 615 0$aAir$xPollution 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a294.3095173 700 $aAbrahms-Kavunenko$b Saskia$01664187 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807180803321 996 $aEnlightenment and the gasping city$94022067 997 $aUNINA