Nationalism as political paranoia in Burma : an essay on the historical practice of power

Author(s)

• Gravers, Mikael

Bibliographic Information

Nationalism as political paranoia in Burma : an essay on the historical practice of power

by Mikael Gravers

（Report series / Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, no. 11）

Curzon , Routledge, 1999

2nd ed., rev. and expanded

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

"First published in 1993 by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Second edition, revised and expanded, published in 1999 by Curzon Press"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma. Gravers' study brings us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity. The present volume is a substantially revised and expanded version of the study originally published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 THE COLONIAL CLUB: 'NATIVES NOT ADMITTED!'
• Chapter 2 THE VIOLENT 'PACIFICATION' OF BURMA
• Chapter 3 BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY AND POLITICAL POWER
• Chapter 4 THE COLONISATION OF BURMESE IDENTITY
• Chapter 5 BUDDHISM, XENOPHOBIA AND REBELLION IN THE 1930S
• Chapter 6 TWO VERSIONS OF NATIONALISM: UNION STATE OR ETHNICISM?
• Chapter 7 BUDDHISM AND MILITARY POWER: TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES-TWO DIFFERENT THAKINS
• Chapter 8 NE WIN'S CLUB
• Chapter 9 AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S Strategy
• Chapter 10 NATIONALISM AS THE PRACTICE OF POWER
• Chapter 11 THE RULES OF THE MYANMAR CLUB SINCE 1993
• Chapter 12 BUDDHISM AND THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE AMONG THE KAREN
• Chapter 13 U THUZANA AND VEGAN BUDDHISM
• Chapter 14 BUDDHISM, PROPHECIES AND REBELLION
• Chapter 15 AUTOCRACY AND NATIONALISM
• Chapter 16 HISTORICISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND POWER
• Chapter 17 A FINAL WORD-BUT NO CONCLUSION EPILOGUE
• APPENDIX 1: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS
• APPENDIX 2: KAREN ORGANISATIONS
• GLOSSARY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX

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Details

• NCID: BA4204803X
• ISBN:
  • 0700709800
  • 0700709819
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Richmond,London
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 167 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 320.9591
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nationalism -- Burma
  • LCSH : Buddhism -- Burma
  • LCSH : Burma -- Ethnic relations
  • LCSH : Burma -- Politics and government
  • LCSH : Burma -- Politics and government -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Burma -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA34234968