Tibet

Tibet has come to be synonymous with spirituality. It seems that the many hardships endured by the Tibetans - oppressive authorities, extreme altitude, harsh climate - have forced many to focus on the next life rather than the present. Today, still under Chinese occupation, Tibet struggles to regain its independent status. Chapters consider the land and its identity, religion and beliefs, Kings and Lamas and the invasion and colonization of Tibet. A section of documents looks at travellers to Tibet, Tibetan poetry and medicine and the Tibet China Agreement of 1951.

Auteur

Françoise Pommaret is a French ethno-historian and Tibetologist.

Texte du rabat

An exploration of the cultural and historical roots of the Tibetan people, their customs and beliefs, and their relations with the wider world.