The Tibetan Independence Movement: Political, Religious and Gandhian Perspectives

by Ardley,Jane

• ISBN13: 9780700715725
• ISBN10: 070071572X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-18
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

The first serious analysis of the Tibetan independence movement, this book is also the first to view the struggle from a comparative perspective, making an overt comparison with the Indian independence movement.

Author Biography

Jane Ardley is Lecturer in Politics at the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment, Keele University.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Glossary	ix
Introduction	1	(2)
The Study of Politics and the case of Tibet	3	(3)
Tibet: Religion, Resistance and the State	6	(21)
The Chinese Inveasion and Consolidation of Rule	6	(3)
Culture and Politics	9	(7)
The Political Influence of the Mansteries	16	(5)
Religion, Resistance and Protest: an Overview	21	(6)
Resistance in Tibet: Violence and Exile	27	(19)
The First Phase of Tibetan Resistance	28	(7)
The 1959 Lbase Uprising	35	(2)
Mustang: the Final Phase of Armed Resistance	37	(3)
Why the Guerrilla Movement Failed	40	(2)
The Tibetan Government in Exile	42	(4)
`Our Demand is Cheap': Fasting for the Futur of Tibet	46	(22)
The 1998 Tibetan Bunger Strike	47	(4)
Can Self-Harming be Rationalised?	51	(10)
Justifying the Hunger Strike	61	(3)
Implications for the Future	64	(4)
`My Life is My Message': the GAndhian Paradigm	68	(27)
The Principles of Satyagraha	69	(3)
The Birth of Satyagraha	72	(2)
The Types of Satyagraha	74	(9)
Self-Renewal Amongst Tibetan Exiles	83	(7)
Criticisms and Limitations of Satyagraha	90	(2)
Satyagraha in Tibet?	92	(3)
Spirituality and Politics: the Gandhian and Tibetan Cases	95	(23)
The Religious Origins of Satyagraha	96	(4)
The Gandhian re-Interpretation of Karmayoga	100	(4)
Gandhi and Jainism	104	(2)
The Middle Way position of the Dalai Lama	106	(4)
The Satyagraha of Samdhong Rinpoche	110	(6)
A Buddhist Satyagraha?	116	(2)
The Indian path to independence: From Colonialism to Nationalism	118	(17)
Why Examine the Indian Case?	118	(2)
The Consolidation of British rule in India	120	(4)
The Mutiny: Causes and Consequences	124	(3)
The Developent of the British Empire 1858-1914	127	(8)
Towards Partition in India: Lessons for Politis and Religions	135	(28)
The Impact of World War One in India	136	(5)
India Between the Wars	141	(9)
Towards Division: India in the 1940s	150	(10)
Indian Solutins to a Tibetan Problem?	160	(3)
Conclusion: Politica Lessons for Tibet	163	(19)
Shangri-La-Ism Versus Reality	166	(2)
What Tibet can Learn from India	168	(3)
Religion, Resistance and Democracy	171	(7)
Tibet: the Future	178	(4)
Notes	182	(17)
Bibliography	199	(7)
Index	206