ISBN:
9780300218565
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 375 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Dissertation note:
Dissertation
DDC:
294.3/372
Keywords:
Buddhism and politics
;
Buddhism and politics
;
Buddhism History
;
Buddhism History
;
Buddhism
;
Buddhism and politics
;
Southeast Asia
;
Thailand
;
History
;
Hochschulschrift
;
USA
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Politik
;
Südostasien
;
Thailand
;
Mönch
;
Buddhismus
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
The Buddhist world and the United States at the onset of the Cold War, 1941--1954 -- Washington formulates a Buddhist policy, 1954--1957 -- Thailand and the international Buddhist arena, 1956--1962 -- Reforming the monks : the Cold War and clerical education in Thailand and Laos, 1954--1961 -- Thailand and the international response to the 1963 Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam -- Enforcing the code : South Vietnam's "struggle movement" and the limits of Thai Buddhist conservatism -- Thailand's Buddhist hierarchy confronts its challengers, 1967--1975 -- The rage of Thai Buddhism, 1975--1980 -- Conclusion : from Byoto to Kittivudho
