Book Project

Governing beyond Death

Governing beyond Death: The Dalai Lama, Reincarnation, and the Making of Late Imperial China turns to a phenomenon usually understood as a matter of religious doctrine, showing that Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation was also deeply entangled with statecraft and asking how sacred authority is transmitted amid rupture.

Book Project

Governing beyond Death

Governing beyond Death: The Dalai Lama, Reincarnation, and the Making of Late Imperial China turns to a phenomenon usually understood as a matter of religious doctrine, showing that Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation was also deeply entangled with statecraft and asking how sacred authority is transmitted amid rupture.

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