The Controversy over the Buddhas of Bamiyan
The author analyses a rare case of mirror-outrage that followed the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. This event brought the Taliban and the international community into opposition in 2001. The article first stresses the intriguing paradigmatic similarities between the destruction of the Buddha...
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| Main Author: | Pierre Centlivres |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
2008-12-01
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| Series: | South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/992 |
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