Buddhism in a Dark Age : : Cambodian Monks under Pol Pot / / Ian Harris.
This pioneering study of the fate of Buddhism during the communist period in Cambodia puts a human face on a dark period in Cambodia's history. It is the first sustained analysis of the widely held assumption that the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot had a centralized plan to liquidate the entire mona...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 45 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- Chapter one. Unraveling of the Buddhist State
- Chapter 2. Buddhism and the Origins of Cambodian Communism
- Chapter Three. Buddhism and Khmer Communism A Shared Conceptual Terrain
- Chapter Four. Dealing with Monks
- Chapter Five. Buddhist Practice and Material Culture under the Khmer Rouge
- Chapter Six. Monk Mortality and the Destruction of Institutional Buddhism
- Chapter Seven Aftermath Rebuilding the Sańgha under Socialism
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index