Ancient futures : lessons from Ladakh for a globalizing world / Helena Norberg-Hodge ; foreword by the Dalai Lama ; introduction by Peter Matthiessen.
Material type:
TextLondon : Rider, 2000Description: xiv, 226 pages : ill. , maps ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780712606561
- 307.1412
- HN690.L33 N68 2009
Contents:
Prologue: Learning from Ladakh -- Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. Looking ahead. Nothing is black, nothing is white ; The development hoax ; Counter-development ; The Ladakh project -- Epilogue: Ancient futures -- Afterword: An economics of happiness.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.
Prologue: Learning from Ladakh -- Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. Looking ahead. Nothing is black, nothing is white ; The development hoax ; Counter-development ; The Ladakh project -- Epilogue: Ancient futures -- Afterword: An economics of happiness.