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Schober, Juliane,

Modern Buddhist conjunctures in Myanmar : cultural narratives, colonial legacies, and civil society / Juliane Schober. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780824860837 0824860837 0824833821 9780824833824 9780824871635 0824871634

Standard No.: 40018715479

Source: 22573/ctt62p2s1 JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Theravāda Buddhism--Political aspects--Burma.
Buddhism and state--History.--Burma
Theravada Buddhism--Political aspects--Burma.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Buddhismus
Politik
Staat
Säkularismus
Kolonialismus
Therawada
Buddhismus.
Religion und Staat.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Birma
Großbritannien
Burma.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BQ420 / .S36 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 294.309591