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Buddhism, Modernity, and the State in Asia

Whalen-Bridge, John [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Buddhism, Modernity, and the State in Asia : Forms of Engagement / ed. by John Whalen-Bridge and Pattana Kitiarsa. - New York ; Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - viii, 277 S.
ISBN 978-1-13-733294-3
US$ 90,00 / £ 57,50
DDC: 294.3372095

Beschreibung
Buddhism, Modernity, and the State in Asia explores the relationships between Buddhism and various nations in South, Southeast, and East Asia. Rather than promulgating a "Buddhist exceptionalism" in which Buddhist actors and institutions transcend politics, Pattana Kitiarsa and John Whalen-Bridge have assembled a collection of essays that closely examine the ways in which Buddhism and Asian Modernities are constantly interacting with and conditioning each other. Instead of presenting a monolithic vision of Buddhism, this volume treats particular situations in Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam to demonstrate the wide variety of forms and influences that Buddhism has taken in its many consequential roles in Asian political history. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Pattana Kitiarsa and John Whalen-Bridge:
Introduction: 'Buddhist Politics' as Emptiness: History and the Forms of Engagement in Asia. 1
PART I: DEPENDENT ORIGINATIONS AND CHANGING DESTINATIONS
1. Charles F. Keyes:
Buddhists Confront the State. 17
2. Mahinda Deegalle:
'Foremost among Religions': Theravada Buddhism's Affairs with the Modern Sri Lankan State. 41
3. Patrice Ladwig:
Schools, Ritual Economies and the Expanding State: The Changing Roles of Lao Buddhist Monks as 'Traditional Intellectuals'. 63
PART II: THE POLITICAL ROLE OF SACRED THINGS
4. John Amos Marston:
After Pol Pot: Cambodia and the Building of a New Stupa. 95
5. Tilman Frasch:
The Relic and the Rule of Righteousness: Reflections on U Nu's Dhammavijaya. 115
6. Donald Seekins:
Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon. 139
PART III: MONKS, NUNS, AND ... TREES
7. John Whalen-Bridge:
Angry Monk Syndrome on the World Stage: Tibet, Engaged Buddhism, and the Weapons of the Weak. 163
8. Jonathan Mair:
Rebirth Control: Contemporary Inner Mongolian Buddhism and the Religious Authority of the Chinese State. 209
9. Monica Lindberg Falk:
Do Buddhist 'Nuns' Need the Thai Sangha? 229
10. Susan M. Darlington:
Sacred Protests and Buddhist Environmental Knowledge. 245
Notes on Contributors. 263
Index. 269

Herausgeber
JOHN WHALEN-BRIDGE is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore. Homepage.
KITIARSA PATTANA is Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. Profile.

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