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.

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22573/ctt62p2s1 JSTOR


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.


Birma
Großbritannien
Burma.


Electronic books.

BQ420 / .S36 2011

294.309591