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Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism

Anya Bernstein

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Description:Religious Bodies Politic examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. Looking at religious transformation among Buryats across changing political economies, Anya Bernstein argues that under conditions of rapid social change--such as those that accompanied the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, and the fall of the Soviet Union--Buryats have used Buddhist "body politics" to articulate their relationship not only with the Russian state, but also with the larger Buddhist world. During these periods, Bernstein shows, certain people and their bodies became key sites through which Buryats conformed to and challenged Russian political rule. She presents particular cases of these emblematic bodies--dead bodies of famous monks, temporary bodies of reincarnated lamas, ascetic and celibate bodies of Buddhist monastics, and dismembered bodies of lay disciples given as imaginary gifts to spirits--to investigate the specific ways in which religion and politics have intersected. Contributing to the growing literature on postsocialism and studies of sovereignty that focus on the body, "Religious Bodies Politic" is a fascinating illustration of how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism. To get started finding Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Religious Bodies Politic examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. Looking at religious transformation among Buryats across changing political economies, Anya Bernstein argues that under conditions of rapid social change--such as those that accompanied the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, and the fall of the Soviet Union--Buryats have used Buddhist "body politics" to articulate their relationship not only with the Russian state, but also with the larger Buddhist world. During these periods, Bernstein shows, certain people and their bodies became key sites through which Buryats conformed to and challenged Russian political rule. She presents particular cases of these emblematic bodies--dead bodies of famous monks, temporary bodies of reincarnated lamas, ascetic and celibate bodies of Buddhist monastics, and dismembered bodies of lay disciples given as imaginary gifts to spirits--to investigate the specific ways in which religion and politics have intersected. Contributing to the growing literature on postsocialism and studies of sovereignty that focus on the body, "Religious Bodies Politic" is a fascinating illustration of how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism. To get started finding Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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