[Buddha-l] FW: Tibetan language --Tibetan terms for "autonomy" & "independence" --query on usage

[Richard Nance]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:47 AM,  <yeshiuk at aol.com> wrote:
> And might there also be discussion of 'sovereignty' and 'suzerainty' and their Tibetan equivalents? Important in terms of British imperial legacies in the Tibet-China situation.
> Cheers,
> Charles

On these questions (and many others) Elliot Sperling's "The
Tibet-China Conflict: History and Polemics" is the best place to
start. It's referenced in the blog post to which I pointed yesterday,
and is available as a free download -- clicking on the link below will
take you directly to the .pdf file:

http://tinyurl.com/5jlmkf

Best wishes,

R. Nance
Indiana









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> From: jkirk <jkirk at spro.net>
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> Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 6:41
> Subject: [Buddha-l] FW: Tibetan language --Tibetan terms for "autonomy" & "independence" --query on usage
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> The author of the blog Richard nance references says the term for
> independence from the 1965 originated Tibetan Autonomous Region
> TAR is slightly different (?): rang-btsan.
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> "Rang-dbang and rang-btsan are words used by Tibetan
> nationalists, often rendered 'self-determination.' There is also,
> nowadays, the relatively innocuous expression rang-skyong,
> 'self-governance' or 'autonomy' which occurs in the official name
> "Tibetan Autonomous Region" or T.A.R."
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> As we know from other languages, there tend to be more words than
> one, in many languages if not all, to signify various concepts.
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> Thanks to Richard for posting this interesting discussion of the
> two concepts, independence and autonomy, and an interesting blog.
>
> Cheers,
> Joanna
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> Joanna -- to supplement Jim Blumenthal's helpful comment, you
> might want to have a look at Dan Martin's brief discussion of the
> relevant Tibetan terms on the Tibeto-logic blog. The post is here
> (though you may want to poke around a bit; the blog as a whole is
> superb):
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> http://tibeto-logic.blogspot.com/2008/04/tibetan-independence-tes
> timonies-from.html
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> Best wishes,
>
> R. Nance
> Indiana
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