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| A lively, engaging work on conceptions of Tibet in Western societies, portraying the misinterpretation, trivialization and political and commercial exploitation of a rich, ancient culture. |
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Martin Brauen, Ph.D., is Lecturer and Head of the Department of Tibet, Himalaya, and Far East at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He studied Cultural and Social Anthropology, History of Religions, and Buddhism at Zurich and Delhi Universities.
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- PublisherOrchid Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 9745240516
- ISBN 13 9789745240513
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages296
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