Routledge The Selfless Ego: Tibetan Life Writing & Identity

The Selfless Ego presents a groundbreaking collection of essays that reimagines Tibetan life writing beyond traditional hagiographical frameworks. This scholarly work explores how identity is constructed within Buddhist literary traditions, examining memory, imagination and the philosophical foundations of Tibetan biographical narratives. Organised into two distinct parts, the book offers both theoretical insights and practical analysis of how Tibetan writers have approached questions of selfhood and narrative authority. Published by Routledge, this volume bridges literary theory with cultural studies, providing readers with fresh interpretative approaches to understanding one of literature's most complex genres. Essential reading for scholars of Tibetan studies, Buddhist philosophy, literary theory and anyone interested in how identity is constructed through life writing traditions.