ISBN:
9789048512874
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
ICAS publication series 13
Series Statement:
Edited volumes
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tracks and Traces : Thailand and the Work of Andrew Turton
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Turton, Andrew
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Social sciences
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Thailand History
;
Thailand Politics and government
;
Thailand
;
Sozialstruktur
;
Kulturwandel
Abstract:
Tracks and Traces: Thailand and the Work of Andrew Turton traces the threads that tie together an understanding of Thailand as a dynamic and rapidly changing society, through an examination of the work of one major scholar of the country, Andrew Turton. Turton's anthropological studies of Thailand cover a wide spectrum from politics and economy to ritual and culture, and have been crucial in shaping evolving understandings of Thai society. In this collection, ten leading specialists on Thailand from a variety of disciplines critically consider aspects of Turton's work in relation to the changing nature of different aspects of Thai society. The book tracks the links between past and present scholarship, examines the contextuality of scholarship in its times, and sheds light on the current situation in Thailand
Description / Table of Contents:
Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Opening Reflections: Northeastern Thai Ethnoregionalism Updated; 2. Transforming Agrarian Transformation in a Globalizing Thailand; 3. Local Leaders and the State in Thailand; 4. Roots of Ongoing Conflict: Reflections on Andrew Turton's Analysis of Thailand in the 1970s; 5. Censorship and Authoritative Forms of Discourse: A Reconsideration of Thai Constructions of Knowledge; 6. 'Modernising Subjects': Moral-Political Contests in Thailand's Drive Toward Modernity
Description / Table of Contents:
7. An Early Critical Foray into Participationin Thailand8. Thai Institutions of Slavery: Their Economic and Cultural Setting; 9. British Diplomatic Missions to Tai States in the Early Modern Period: A Reappraisal; Appendix; Notes on Contributors; References; Index;
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URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-319573
