Modern Buddhist conjunctures in Myanmar cultural narratives, colonial legacies, and civil society
Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The l...
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Univ. of Hawaiʿi Press
2011
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Zusammenfassung: | Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures. Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | XI, 207 S. Ill., Kt. |
ISBN: | 9780824833824 978-0-8248-3382-4 |