Peace and conflict in Ladakh : the construction of a fragile web of order / / by Fernanda Pirie.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 13
• Author: Pirie, Fernanda, 1964-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Chapter One. Introduction /; Chapter Two. Ladakh /; Chapter Three. Village Organisation /; Chapter Four. Conflict In The Village /; Chapter Five. The Realm Of The Spirits /; Chapter Six. Losar /; Chapter Seven. The Sacred Social Order /; Chapter Eight. Ethnographic Tibet /; Chapter Nine. Urban Processes And Political Change /; Chapter Ten. Conclusion /; Glossary /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index.
• ISBN: 1281458201; 9786611458201; 9047411811
• ISSN: 1568-6183
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Fernanda Pirie.

Long caught between powerful neighbours, Ladakh is now a border region in the vast Indian nation state. In this detailed, anthropological study Fernanda Pirie traces the ways order has been created by, but also despite and in defiance of, the powerful external forces of religion, war, politics and wealth. Gradually a clear analysis unfolds of the subtle dynamics that have long characterised relations between local communities and centres of power and which can successfully be applied to the wider region. This exemplary study of conflict resolution brings to light the means by which small communities, both rural and urban, negotiate peace amidst the heterogeneous forces of modernity, while at the same time critically re-examining theories that over-emphasize the explanatory power of Buddhism. This rich ethnographic account of local practices fills a conspicuous gap in secondary literature on Tibetan law.