Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict / / Peter A. Jackson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: A. Jackson, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1989]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 1989
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Notes on Transliteration and Translation --; CHAPTER ONE. Introduction --; SECTION ONE: BUDDHISM AND THE THAI ÉLITE --; CHAPTER TWO. Development and Differentiation of the Thai Élite --; CHAPTER THREE. Forms of Urban Buddhism --; CHAPTER FOUR. State Control of the Sangha in the Twentieth Century --; CHAPTER FIVE. Persecution of Phra Phimontham (Vimaladhamma) Bhikkhu --; SECTION TWO: CONTEMPORARY URBAN BUDDHIST MOVEMENTS --; CHAPTER SIX. Reformist Monks --; CHAPTER SEVEN. Phra Phothirak Bhikkhu and Samnak Santi Asok --; CHAPTER EIGHT. Wat Phra Thammakaay Movement --; Concluding Remarks --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index --; THE AUTHOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814380362; 9783110649680; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814380362
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter A. Jackson.

The fundamental premise of this study is that the Buddhist sangha and Buddhist teachings play a key symbolic role in legitimating the exercise of secular power in Thailand. The author argues that a clear appreciation of the political legitimatory function of Buddhism provides the key to understanding the major theoretical and administrative changes that have taken place within Thai Buddhism in this century.