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Political Patronage and Control Over the Sangha
Language: en
Pages: 68
Authors: Somboon Suksamran
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981 - Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian

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This paper deals with the structural-functional relationships between the Sangha (the community of Buddhist monks) and the state, moving from early times to the
Buddhism and Politics in Thailand
Language: en
Pages: 191
Authors: Somboon Suksamran
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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This book studies the interaction of the Sangha (the community of monks) with politics and socio-political change in Thailand. Although the interaction of Buddh
Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict
Language: en
Pages: 263
Authors: Peter A. Jackson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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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
Culture and Power in Traditional Siamese Government
Language: en
Pages: 137
Authors: Neil A. Englehart
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-31 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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A broad reevaluation of Siam's political culture as it existed prior to King Chulalongkorn's administrative reforms in the nineteenth century. Englehart offers
Modern Buddhist Conjunctures in Myanmar
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Juliane Schober
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-30 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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For centuries, Burmese have looked to the authority of their religious tradition, Theravada Buddhism, to negotiate social and political hierarchies. Modern Budd