ISBN10: 1593117345, ISBN13: 9781593117344, [publisher: Information Age Publishing, Incorporated] Softcover pp. 320
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]

Paperback / softback. New. Focuses on different 'ways of knowing' - ways of understanding, ways of learning, ways of perceiving knowledge. This book includes an overview chapter comparing western and Bhutanese ways of learning and conceptions of knowledge. It is about different ways of knowing Bhutan. ISBN 1593117345 9781593117344 [GB]

Information Age Publishing 2008 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Unspecified.

ISBN10: 1593117345, ISBN13: 9781593117344, [publisher: Information Age Publishing] Softcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]

Information Age Publishing 2/28/2009 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

ISBN10: 1593117345, ISBN13: 9781593117344, [publisher: Information Age Publishing] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - There is a misty-eyed vision of Bhutan which has popularized it as 'the lastShangri-la', the hidden Himalayan jewel, the travel destination of celebrities and unique-experience-hunters. We are not entirely comfortable with this image. Bhutan has undoubtedly become the focus of considerable media attention in the last few years. Articles appear regularly on its substitution of happiness for money as the indicator of the country's wealth. Television programs, books, visits by personalities - all have served to bring Bhutan to global awareness. This attention only serves to increase pressure on the culture to become like any other. How has Bhutan resisted the impact of globalisation which has had such a homogenizing affect on most other countries in the world A practice, until recently, of self-imposed isolation from the rest of the world, the Buddhist tradition, and the lack of any successful foreign invader have combined to produce a living culture that is as unique as it is fragile. This fragility suggested the need to document a context that seemed on the verge of change. Our second visit in 2008 confirmed our sense of immanent change, as we could see for ourselves the ways in which 'international culture' was beginning to appear: the first escalator in the country, widening the main ...
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