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Nationalism as political paranoia in Burma [electronic resource] : an essay on the historical practice of power / by Mikael Gravers.

By: Contributor(s): Series: NIAS reports ; no. 11.Publication details: Surrey [England] : Curzon Press, 1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 174 p. : mapsISBN:
  • 9780203639795
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Contents:
1. The colonial club : 'natives not admitted!' -- 2. The violent pacification' of Burma -- 3. Buddhist cosmology and political power -- 4. The colonisation of Burmese identity -- 5. Buddhism, xenophobia and rebellion in the 1930s -- 6. Two versions of nationalism : union state or ethnicism -- 7. Buddhism and military power : two different strategies : two different thakins -- 8. Ne Win's club -- 9. Aung San Suu Kyi's strategy -- 10. Nationalism as the practice of power -- 11. The rules of the Myanmar Club since 1993 -- 12. Buddhism and the religious divide among the Karen -- 13. U Thuzana and vegan Buddhism -- 14. Buddhism, prophecies and rebellion -- 15. Autocracy and nationalism -- 16. Historicism, historical memory and power -- 17. A final word : but no conclusion.
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First [ed.] published in 1993 by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-169) and index.

1. The colonial club : 'natives not admitted!' -- 2. The violent pacification' of Burma -- 3. Buddhist cosmology and political power -- 4. The colonisation of Burmese identity -- 5. Buddhism, xenophobia and rebellion in the 1930s -- 6. Two versions of nationalism : union state or ethnicism -- 7. Buddhism and military power : two different strategies : two different thakins -- 8. Ne Win's club -- 9. Aung San Suu Kyi's strategy -- 10. Nationalism as the practice of power -- 11. The rules of the Myanmar Club since 1993 -- 12. Buddhism and the religious divide among the Karen -- 13. U Thuzana and vegan Buddhism -- 14. Buddhism, prophecies and rebellion -- 15. Autocracy and nationalism -- 16. Historicism, historical memory and power -- 17. A final word : but no conclusion.

Also available in print edition.

Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.

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