Buddhism, power, and political order
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Buddhism, power, and political order
（Routledge critical studies in Buddhism）
Routledge, 2007
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 14 libraries
Note
"... a symposium entitled Buddhism, Power and Politics in South and Southeast Asia held by the Becket Institute ..."--P. 1
General editors of ser.: Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown
Bibliography: p. 216-233
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist kingship is also well-attested. However, there has been little scholarly effort to integrate findings on the extent to which Buddhism interacted with the political order in the classical and modern states of Theravada Asia into a wider, comparative study.
This volume brings together the brightest minds in the study of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Their contributions create a more coherent account of the relations between Buddhism and political order in the late pre-modern and modern period by questioning the contested relationship between monastic and secular power. In doing so, they expand the very nature of what is known as the 'Theravada'.
Buddhism, Power and Political Order offers new insights for scholars of Buddhism, and it will stimulate new debates.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction - Buddhism, Power and Politics in Theravada Buddhist Lands Ian Harris 2. Idealism and Pragmatism: A Dilemma in the Current Monastic Education Systems of Burma and Thailand Khammai Dhammasami 3. Rajadhamma Confronts Leviathan: Burmese Political Theory in the 1870s Andrew Huxley 4. Colonial Knowledge and Buddhist Education in Burma Juliane Schober 5. Reconstructing the Cambodian Polity: Buddhism, Kingship and the Quest for Legitimacy Peter Gyallay-Pap 6. The Cambodian Hospital for Monks John Marston 7. Buddhism, Power, and Political Order in pre-Twentieth Century Laos Volker Grabowsky 8. Past, Present, and Future in Buddhist Prophetic Literature of the Lao Peter Koret 9. In Defence of the Nation: The Cult of Nang Thoranee in Northeast Thailand Elizabeth Guthrie 10. King, Sangha, and Brahmans: Ideology, Ritual, and Power in Pre-modern Siam Peter Skilling
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