4. Counting (on) the Living Gods

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Dramatis Personae and Terms xiii
6. Map of Mongolian Provinces xviii
7. Introduction: There Are No Counterrevolutionaries Here 1
8. 1. Technologies of Exception, Governmentality, and the Contingent State 26
9. 2. The Geopolitics of Exception 45
10. Part I. The First Technology of Exception: The Construction of the New
11. 3. Women, Literacy, and Other Dangerous Things 65
12. 4. Counting (on) the Living Gods 85
13. 5. Samdan, the Special Commission, and the Rule of Law 104
14. 6. Rebellions, War, and Aftermaths 122
15. Part II. The Second Technology of Exception: Ineffective Persuasions and Accommodation
16. 7. Surveillance and Control: The Religious Administration and the Government Representatives 143
17. 8. A Tale of Two Lamas: Gonchigjantsan and Agvaanjamyan 164
18. Part III. The Third Technology of Exception: The Turn to Violence, Resignation, and Defeat 181
19. 9. The Yonzon Hamba and the Center Counterrevolutionary Group 183
20. 10. Closed and Destroyed Monasteries: The Aftermath 203
21. Conclusion: Violence and the Contingent State 223
22. Notes 231
23. Reference List 241
24. Index 251