03-17-2012, 10:24 PM
Have a free "Thank You", David! (I clicked it by mistake -- my browser is often infuriatingly sluggish to refresh, so clicks become a bit random -- but it would be churlish to take it back again!)
Quote:"French writes that in the three years since the book was published, nobody noticed."I can imagine Dawson and Woodward congratulating themselves after three years, when nobody had noticed their hoax. But a random footnote in a popular book about Tibet?! What on earth was the author thinking of? :? And how does he know that nobody has noticed, in any case? Is it because nobody has posted it up on Amazon? Hmmm ... I don't think we need to condemn the entire Tibetology fraternity for resting on their laurels, on the basis of this rather bizarre occurrence.
Quote:... the most ridiculous thing I have seen are scholars quoting themselves and then in the notes refer to their own books ... If that is not arrogance what is..."Self mentioning" is a complex area (see, for example, here). I know that it can be used simply for self-promotion, but it is often a useful means of avoiding the repetition of an argument which the author has stated more fully elsewhere.
