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Modern Buddhist conjunctures in Myanmar : cultural narratives, colonial legacies, and civil society / Juliane Schober.

By: Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780824860837
  • 0824860837
  • 0824833821
  • 9780824833824
  • 9780824871635
  • 0824871634
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modern Buddhist conjunctures in Myanmar.DDC classification:
  • 294.309591 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ420 .S36 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures.

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