Discovering Bhutan provides a fascinating portrait of a remote and enchanting land that very few Westerners will ever see for themselves. Drawn by one of the extremely few Westerners ever allowed to live in the Last Shangri-La for a decade or more, it vividly depicts Bhutan's extraordinary natural environment, its monarchy, religion and, most especially, its unique culture. It reveals an alternative to the Western way of life raising crucial issues about family, environment, spirituality and community.
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Höhe: 225 mm
Breite: 151 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
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978-1-59181-338-5 (9781591813385)
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Janet Ward Schofield has travelled to over one hundred countries on five continents. Bhutan, where she went on a one-year contract to help establish the country’s first private college and stayed for over a decade, is her favorite. Before that, she was a professor of psychology at the U. of Pittsburgh, and she earlier taught at Spelman College. She earned her AB, MA and PhD from Harvard University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She's the award-winning author of many published works.
Preface
Chapter 1 I Went to Educate and Treasure What I Learned
Chapter 2 Geography is Destiny
Chapter 3 Meet the Monks
Chapter 4 Unseen Forces at Work: Local Deities, Ghosts and Astrology
Chapter 5 The Dragon King and I
Chapter 6 Being Bhutanese
Chapter 7 Growing Up Growing Old
Chapter 8 The Long and Winding Road
Chapter 9 Land of Yaks and Yetis
Chapter 10 Is Happiness a Place
Afterword
Questions for Book Club Discussions
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
