Memory, Politics, and Peace in the Autobiography of Sumpa Khenpo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12648652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R T Griffiths (University of Oxford, corresponding author), Rachael Griffiths (University of Oxford) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-325 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Life Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1448-4528 • E-ISSN: 1751-2964 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14484528.2019.1669426 |
| OpenAlex | W2975853684 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
This article presents a section from the rangnam (rang rnam, ‘autobiography’) of Sumpa Khenpo Yeshe Peljor (Sum pa Ye shes dpal 'byor, 1704–1788) entitled The Essence of the Deeds of the Famed Scholar Erteni Pandita (Mkhan po erte ni paṇḍitar grags pa'i spyod tshul brjod pa sgra 'dzin bcud len), in which the author describes the events of the 1727–1728 civil war in Central Tibet, and a powerfully emotive speech he gave at that time in which he opposes monks engaging in warfare. In his account, Sumpa Yeshe Peljor reflects on the issue of peace in the wider context of the misfortunes brought about by conflict and unrest which had marked the early eighteenth century. Inspired by his own experiences and, at the time of writing his autobiography some half a century later, having witnessed continuing instability and turbulence throughout the eighteenth century, his focus on violent events and shared memory plays an important role in critically structuring narratives of peace for his contemporaries, and for future generations
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biography · Context (archaeology · Emotive · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Talmud · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Geographies of Peace
On the Tibetan Ge-sar epic in the late 18th century
Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression
Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa
Empire of Emptiness
The Culture of War in China
Buddhism, Both the Means and the End of the Ganden Phodrang Army
Life and Words
RocznikOrientalistyczny 15. 1939-49
Transformation of the Official Memory of Conflict
Sum-pa mkhan-po (1704-1788) and His Works
Rude Awakenings
Where These Memories Grow
Memories as Weapons
The Bridge Betrayed
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |