Buddhism, power, and political order [electronic resource] / edited by Ian Harris.

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Series: Routledge critical studies in BuddhismPublication details: Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.Description: xvi, 237 pISBN:

9780203947494

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Introduction : Buddhism, power, and politics in Theravada Buddhist lands / Ian Harris -- Idealism and pragmatism : a dilemma in the current monastic education systems of Burma and Thailand / Khammai Dhammasami -- Rajadhamma confronts Leviathan : Burmese political theory in the 1870s / Andrew Huxley -- Colonial knowledge and Buddhist education in Burma / Juliane Schober -- Reconstructing the Cambodian polity : Buddhism, kingship, and the quest for legitimacy / Peter Gyallay-Pap -- The Cambodian hospital for monks / John Marston -- Buddhism, power, and political order in pre-twentieth century Laos / Volker Grabowsky -- Past, present, and future in Buddhist prophetic literature of the Lao / Peter Koret -- In defence of the nation : the cult of Nang Thoranee in Northeast Thailand / Elizabeth Guthrie -- King, sangha, and brahmans : ideology, ritual, and power in pre-modern Siam / Peter Skilling.

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Based on papers delivered at a symposium held by the Becket Institute, St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford on Apr. 14-16, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available in print edition. CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com)

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