Nicole Willock
Biographic Data
| ID | 715227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Willock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Willock |
| SIGNATURE | WILLOCK N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Old Dominion University [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Renunciation and Longing
In Renunciation and Longing: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Himalayan Buddhist Saint, Annabella Pitkin deftly weaves together biography, oral history, interviews, and critical theory to tell the life story of a Buddhist ascetic called Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (1895–1977). Throughout, she unravels some of the tensions between what it means to pursue a spiritual life that rejects the trappings of worldly life (food, fame, etc.) while also living…
Lineages of the Literary
In the aftermath of the cataclysmic Maoist period, three Tibetan Buddhist scholars living and working in the People’s Republic of China became intellectual heroes. Nicole Willock reveals how they negotiated the political tides of the twentieth century, shedding new light on Sino-Tibetan relations and Buddhism during this turbulent era.
Two Recent Contributions and New Horizons in Modern Tibetan History
While the literature on modern Tibetan history is far from comprehensive, contributions to this field of studies have been formative over the last twenty years. With an ever-increasing availability of Tibetan-language source material along with new theoretical insights, the horizons for understanding modern Tibetan history are still expanding
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Two Recent Contributions and New Horizons in Modern Tibetan History
While the literature on modern Tibetan history is far from comprehensive, contributions to this field of studies have been formative over the last twenty years. With an ever-increasing availability of Tibetan-language source material along with new theoretical insights, the horizons for understanding modern Tibetan history are still expanding
Lineages of the Literary
In the aftermath of the cataclysmic Maoist period, three Tibetan Buddhist scholars living and working in the People’s Republic of China became intellectual heroes. Nicole Willock reveals how they negotiated the political tides of the twentieth century, shedding new light on Sino-Tibetan relations and Buddhism during this turbulent era.
Renunciation and Longing
In Renunciation and Longing: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Himalayan Buddhist Saint, Annabella Pitkin deftly weaves together biography, oral history, interviews, and critical theory to tell the life story of a Buddhist ascetic called Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen (1895–1977). Throughout, she unravels some of the tensions between what it means to pursue a spiritual life that rejects the trappings of worldly life (food, fame, etc.) while also living…
Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · History (3 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Art history (1 work)