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Jan Magnusson

Jan Magnusson

Senior lecturer | Reader | PhD in Social Work

Jan Magnusson

Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan

Author

  • Mari Miyamoto
  • Jan Magnusson
  • Frank Korom

Summary, in Swedish

This paper explores the shifting role of slaughter and meat consumption in Bhutan as a result of the recent religionization of Bhutanese politics and as a case of religious nationalism. It is argued that there is a tension between customary meat consumption and traditional blood sacrifice and the Buddhist non-violent ritual practice of tsethar that is propagated as a central part of modern Bhutanese nationalism and good citizenship. It has created a situation where animal welfare and vegetarianism are dominant in the public discourse while slaughter and meat consumption still continue but as concealed and obscure practices. The paper presents data from ethnographic fieldwork and other sources to demonstrate how this process has played out in practice.

Department/s

  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2021-07-14

Language

Swedish

Pages

121-145

Publication/Series

Asian Ethnology

Volume

80

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nanzan University

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • nonviolence
  • tsethar
  • Buddhism
  • Bhutan
  • religious nationalism
  • slaughter

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1882-6865