Todd Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3890974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1316 46 Broadmoor Drive Evergreen, Colorado 80439-8956, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Socialization Effects of American Television on International Audiences
In this chapter, author discusses three theories, such as cultivation theory, social cognitive theory and cognitive functional theory, which have been influential in describing the influence of American television on American audiences. The author applies these theories in an international context, and presents data from a study of American television in Russia. Cultivation theory suggests that television presents a distorted but uniform picture …
Inner Asian Contributions to the Vajrayana
L'histoire du bouddhisme esoterique reste un probleme largement ouvert, mais la vision indocentrique du Vajrayana ayant comme origine la philosophie Mahayana nourrie au monde de l'Inde pre-vedique et vedique est clairement inadequate. Il vaut mieux faire intervenir des contributions d'Asie centrale. Il semble qu'une vague de cultes esoteriques a deferle sur l'Eurasie de la Mediterranee a la Chine au debut de l'ere commune. Il serait faux de dire …
Notes on the History of the Shamanic in Tibet and Inner Asia
Historical treatments of the shaman have often been crippled by dubious and untestable assumptions on the nature of shamanic religion. Anthropological investigations in their turn have seldom dealt with historical issues in any depth. The first part of this contribution attempts to point out the advantages and dangers involved in applying an anthropological perspective to historical issues. A broad definition of the shaman is proposed which is an…
The Wild and the Tame in TibetCivilized Shamans. Geoffrey Samuel
Buddhadharma and Contemporary Ethics
This article explores traditional Tibetan Buddhist views on abortion, together with their doctrinal basis and the implications that these attitudes have for the successful transmission of the religion to the west.1 In the first part of the paper a potential conflict between Tibetan Buddhist attitudes to abortion and new ethical trends is signalled. This is followed by an examination of the Tibetan rejection of abortion as evidenced in both canoni…
Notes on the History of the Shamanic in Tibet and Inner Asia
Historical treatments of the shaman have often been crippled by dubious and untestable assumptions on the nature of shamanic religion. Anthropological investigations in their turn have seldom dealt with historical issues in any depth. The first part of this contribution attempts to point out the advantages and dangers involved in applying an anthropological perspective to historical issues. A broad definition of the shaman is proposed which is an…
The Wild and the Tame in TibetCivilized Shamans. Geoffrey Samuel
Buddhadharma and Contemporary Ethics
This article explores traditional Tibetan Buddhist views on abortion, together with their doctrinal basis and the implications that these attitudes have for the successful transmission of the religion to the west.1 In the first part of the paper a potential conflict between Tibetan Buddhist attitudes to abortion and new ethical trends is signalled. This is followed by an examination of the Tibetan rejection of abortion as evidenced in both canoni…
The Wild and the Tame in TibetCivilized Shamans. Geoffrey Samuel
Inner Asian Contributions to the Vajrayana
L'histoire du bouddhisme esoterique reste un probleme largement ouvert, mais la vision indocentrique du Vajrayana ayant comme origine la philosophie Mahayana nourrie au monde de l'Inde pre-vedique et vedique est clairement inadequate. Il vaut mieux faire intervenir des contributions d'Asie centrale. Il semble qu'une vague de cultes esoteriques a deferle sur l'Eurasie de la Mediterranee a la Chine au debut de l'ere commune. Il serait faux de dire …
Notes on the History of the Shamanic in Tibet and Inner Asia
Historical treatments of the shaman have often been crippled by dubious and untestable assumptions on the nature of shamanic religion. Anthropological investigations in their turn have seldom dealt with historical issues in any depth. The first part of this contribution attempts to point out the advantages and dangers involved in applying an anthropological perspective to historical issues. A broad definition of the shaman is proposed which is an…
Socialization Effects of American Television on International Audiences
In this chapter, author discusses three theories, such as cultivation theory, social cognitive theory and cognitive functional theory, which have been influential in describing the influence of American television on American audiences. The author applies these theories in an international context, and presents data from a study of American television in Russia. Cultivation theory suggests that television presents a distorted but uniform picture …
Art (3 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works)