Ancient futures / Helena Norberg-Hodge ; foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama ; afterword by Peter Matthiessen.
Publication details: Mexico: Local Futures, c2016.Edition: New editionDescription: xxviii, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780692530627
- 0692530622
- 307.1 15
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BSOP Library | GC | HN690.L33 N75 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00058812 |
Includes index.
"Updated with a new preface by the author."
"An intimate portrait of life on the Tibetan plateau--offering profound insights for the modern world"--Cover.
Prologue. Learning from Ladakh -- Part one. Tradition. "Little Tibet" ; Living with the land ; Doctors and Shamans ; We have to live together ; An unchoreographed dance ; Buddhism : a way of life ; Joie de vivre -- Part two. Change. The coming of the West ; People from Mars ; Money makes the world go round ; From Lama to engineer ; Learning the Western way ; A pull to the center ; A people divided -- Part three. Looking ahead. Nothing is black, nothing is white ; The development hoax ; Counter-development ; The Ladakh project -- Epilogue. "Ancient futures" -- Afterword / by Peter Matthiessen.
