[Buddha-l] "Western Self, Asian Other"

[Alex Wilding]

I never did read "Prisoners of Shangri-La, so I can't comment directly.
There is, however, a reason why I decided not to invest that much of my
short life in it: the patronizing contempt that Lopez shows for his audience
in the piece "7 things you didn't know about Tibet"
(http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493105.html).
I am not a totally ignorant, stupid twerp, and am not drawn to reading a
book by an author who assumes that I am.
                                    
All the best
Alex Wilding
Blog: Dang Zang