谈西藏,先读书
推荐我所见到的关于西藏问题的好书:
1。History as Propaganda
by John Powers
This is a useful, clear-headed, and profoundly discouraging account of two deeply held but completely incommensurate versions of the Tibetan past and present.... Powers provides a balanced guide through the literature with this entirely reliable account of versions of history credible only to true believers on each side."--CHOICE
"History as Propaganda is a fascinating study of how historical sources and events are selectively and subjectively interpreted by Chinese propagandists, Tibetan exiles, and Western scholars for the purpose of furthering diametrically opposed political claims. Powers presents well-reasoned arguments that challenge many facile assumptions about Tibets complex relationships with successive Chinese administrations. The authors critical yet balanced approach is destined to ruffle feathers on both sides of the political chasm. This is a must read for anybody who is interested in Tibets political status, and is a welcome contribution to the literature concerning nationalism, ethnicity, and historical argumentation." --Geoff Childs, author of Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal
"History as Propaganda provides a scholarly and dispassionate examination of ways in which Chinese and Tibetans project their claims and counter-claims in the international arena. The book should appeal to all those interested in Tibetan affairs." --Tsering Shakya, author of The Dragon in the Land of Snows
2。Authenticating Tibet
Synopsis
The land of Tibet--its people, culture, and religion--has long been both an object of contention and a source of fascination. Since 1959, Tibet has also been at the center of controversy when China's "peaceful liberation" of the land of snows led to the Lhasa uprising and the Dalai Lama's escape to India. Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's "100 Questions" offers clear and unbiased responses to a booklet published by the Chinese government in 1989, which sought to counter the criticism generated by the Dalai Lama and his followers and offer the PRC's "truth" about Tibet and Tibetans. In Authenticating Tibet, international Tibet scholars provide historically accurate answers to 100 Questions and deal evenhandedly with both China's "truth" about Tibet and that of the Dalai Lama and his followers. Designed for use by a general audience, the book is an accessible reference, free of the polemics that commonly surround the Tibet question. Although these experts refute many of the points asserted by China, they do not offer blanket endorsements for the claims made by the pro-Tibet movement. Instead, they provide an accurate, historically based assessment of Tibet's past and its troubled present.
3。 STEIN, R.A. Tibetan Civilization. Translated by J.E. Stapleton Driver
Stanford, Stanford University Press. 1975. Rolf Alfred Stein (1911-1999) was one of the foremost Western scholars on Tibet in the twentieth century. When this book was first published in France in 1962 as La Civilisation tibetaine, he was a professor at the College de France. Pinfold (#16) describes this book as "a classic introduction to the civilization of Tibet.." and that its special value "lies in the portrait it paints of the country's traditional culture and society as it existed before the enormous and damaging changes of the last forty years." See also Marshall 1308 and Yakushi 343b.
- Re: 谈西藏,先读书posted on 04/23/2008
Good books but time-consuming. In the end, probably makes no difference.
US took CA and TX from Mexico by force, and now the only way for Mexico to re-claim them back is by illegal immigration. Who cares about Mexicans?
A summary of the books would be helpful. - posted on 04/27/2008
Tibet and the Cinese People's Republic, a report to the international commission of jurists by its legal inquiry committee on Tibet (Geneva,1960)
任何关心西藏的人都应该看看这本书。蒙特瑞的人可以到MIIS图书馆看。
李敖的节目我一度比较喜欢,可是谈西藏问题的 ,看了以后觉得他作为一个历史学家很不负责任。他在那个节目里用的材料都是大陆出版物指责西藏解放前如何是一个不人道的社会。大陆报纸谁不会看,要你李敖干什么?
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