Temporal Disjunction and Collectivity in Mustang, Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2214541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Ramble (0000-0001-7560-187X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | S4 |
| Pages | S75-S84 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/341106 |
| OpenAlex | W1590127635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the uses of timereckoning, temporality, and historical record in the creation of individual and collective identity. The focus is the community of Te, a closed, endogamous settlement in Lo (Mustang), an old Tibetan kingdom in the high Himalayas of Nepal. The inhabitants of Te apply a range of temporal devices to represent their community as a reified entity distinct from the individuals who compose it. The collectivity is set apart from both the world of Buddhist ideology and the local political environment by a unique calendrical system and the concept of qualityfree cracks in the continuum of time. The transcendent character of the collectivity is established by using temporal distortions to represent counterintuitive properties of institutions. Stability is further ensured by a written constitution that freezes the parameters of social action within a 12year legal cycle
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Buddhism · Constitution · Counterintuitive · Epistemology · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Temporality · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |