Nomads and Vagabond Monks
From the Text to the Reader in 18th Century Inner Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3260189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M King (0000-0003-0446-7698, University of California, Riverside, corresponding author), Matthew William King |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13010085 |
| OpenAlex | W4206296959 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Buddhist Studies scholarship in general, and its (re)turn to the literary specifically, is overwhelmingly concerned with texts and authors. But what can this research into "Buddhist texts" and "Buddhist authors", however robust, ever reliably tell us if not accompanied by comparative inquiry into the destabilizing tactics of readers? This article first highlights analytical resources for a comparative history of reading Buddhist literature in Inner Asia by looking to the work of Michel de Certeau and Roger Chartier. I then turn to a case study of collaborative reading that developed across the contiguous monastic and imperial networks binding together Tibetan, Mongolian, Manchu, and Chinese readers at the turn of the 18th century. Focused specifically on letter exchanges between the polyglot scholars Güng Gombojab, Katok Tséwang Norbu, and Situ Paṇchen, I underscore how collaborative reading developed to open the literary heritage of trans-Eurasia beyond the technical abilities or material access of any single reader
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |