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Ethnic, sectarian, or localized grievances: on Wang Lixiong's analysis of Tibetan self-immolation / Sun, Yan   Journal Article
Sun, Yan Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract Since its ?rst occurrence in 2009. the total number of Tibetan self-immolations had reached 97 by the end of 20l2. with an additional 10 or so in the fu'st three months of 20l3. However. our understanding of this shocking act remains limited. Why did those Tibetans resort to such an extreme form of protest? What were their motives? What were their grievances'? What objectives did they intend to achieve? Wang Lixiong. a dissident Chinese scholar-writer and respected authority on Tibetan affairs, attempts to answer these questions by analyzing the last words of more than two dozen self-immolators who had left final notes.' His data are derived from infomiation collected by his Tibetan wife. Woeser. who is also a dissident writer. Below I will introduce Wang's major ?ndings and evaluate them in the light of two competing perspectives
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Role of caste in the Indian polity / Chatterjee, Sarajit Kumar   Journal Article
Chatterjee, Sarajit Kumar Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract It is perhaps true that the most frequently mentioned peculiarity of the traditional Hindu Society is the institution of caste, or as it is more frequently called, the caste system. Social institutions that resemble caste in one respect or the other are not difficult to find elsewhere, but it is only in India that it is know as 'caste'.
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