Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict /

Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict / / 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 understandin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
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A. Jackson, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1989]
©1989
Year of Publication:1989
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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