Tibet on Fire Buddhism, Protest, and the Rhetoric of Self-Immolation
Description
Using Kenneth Burke's concept of dramatism as a way of exploring multiple motivations in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015. The volume asserts that the self-immolation act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide.
Keywords
PhilosophyMovementsReligionHistorySocial ScienceSociology of ReligionEthnic StudiesAsian StudiesSociologyAnthropologyCultural & Social
2015Book
Author(s)John Whalen-Bridge
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137373731
LanguageEnglish
