If the altitude of Daocheng (稻城) County doesn’t leave tourists speechless, the magnificent mountains and meadows in the vicinity of this 4,000-meter-high plateau surely will.

The self-abnegating state of shame proves to be allied with another of the key figures of Agamben's discourse: heteronymy. This notion is understood here in the sense of characters and fictional authors functioning as alter egos of the author or narrator: the multiple names are seen as referring to a single subject.

She was downtown earlier, I saw that she checked into the Starbucks on Main Street.

Whatever the occasion of the public religious observance, whether it was the holding of a temple fair, praying for rain, or celebrating a popular festival, religion came to serve as a symbol of common devotion in bringing people out of their divergent routines and orienting them toward community activities.