Traveller in Space: In Search of Female Identity in Tibetan Buddhism - Hardcover

Campbell, June

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0485114941 ISBN 13: 9780485114942

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

This is a cross-cultural study of the significance of the female in the philosophy and symbolism of Tibetan Buddhism. It approaches female identity through an account of the historical context of archaic images of the female, and takes a psychoanalytical perspective on the philosophy surrounding the key figure of female embodiment in Tibetan Buddhism, the "dakini". Througn an examination of the unusual patriarchal system which developed in Tibet, important questions are raised concerning the meaning and relevance of the secret sexual practices of Tibetan Tantra, and the issues of power and authority as they relate to the potential subjectivity of women today.

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Review:

"essential reading for anyone concerned with a creative encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West" Kirkus Review; "Certainly one of the most important books on Tibetan Buddhism which has been written in the last years" Adelheid Berrmann-Pfandt, Numen"

About the Author:

June Campbell studied Tibetan Buddhism in monasteries in India in the early 1970s and subsequently worked as a Tibetan interpreter in India, Europe and North America. Since then she has travelled extensively in the Himalayan region and now lives in Edinburgh. She works part-time, lecturing in Women's Studies, and teaching Religious Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0485114941
• ISBN 13: 9780485114942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 180