ISBN:
9780824833824
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 207 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
294.309591
Keywords:
Buddhism and state History
;
Theravāda Buddhism Political aspects
;
Birma
;
Staat
;
Buddhismus
;
Säkularismus
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Therawada
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures
Description / Table of Contents:
Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=42716
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=42716
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