All Outputs (2)

"Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society (2010)
Journal Article
Whitecross, R. W. (2010). "Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society. Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 28, 71-82

This paper sets out a preliminary investigation of tha damtshig. In particular, it examines the concept of tha damtshig, and its role in the creation of a sense of moral identity among contemporary Bhutanese. The concept of tha damtshig is central to... Read More about "Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society.

Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National" (2010)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2010). Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National". In T. Kelly, & S. Thiranagama (Eds.), Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State Building (68-88). Penn State University Press

On 19 April 1998, the Tiger’s Nest temple, in Taktshang, near Paro in western Bhutan, caught fire and was substantially destroyed. The destruction of this major Buddhist pilgrimage site was attributed, though never publicly established, to be the wor... Read More about Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National".