Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Peter A. Jackson

Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict

The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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Peter A. Jackson

Publisher:: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
Online publication date:: October 2015
Print publication year:: 1989
Online ISBN:: 9789814380362

Series:: Books and Monographs
Subjects:: Regional and World History: General Interest, History

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The fundamental premise of this study is that the Buddhist sangha and Buddhist teachings play a key symbolic role in legitimating the exercise of secular power in Thailand. The author argues that a clear appreciation of the political legitimatory function of Buddhism provides the key to understanding the major theoretical and administrative changes that have taken place within Thai Buddhism in this century.

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Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict

The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Foreword
pp viii-xi

Notes on Transliteration and Translation
pp xii-xiv

Chapter One - Introduction
pp 1-20

SECTION ONE - BUDDHISM AND THE THAI ÉLITE
pp 21-22

Chapter Two - Development and Differentiation of the Thai Élite
pp 23-39

Chapter Three - Forms of Urban Buddhism
pp 40-62

Chapter Four - State Control of the Sangha in the Twentieth Century
pp 63-93

Chapter Five - Persecution of Phra Phimontham (Vimaladhamma) Bhikkhu
pp 94-112

SECTION TWO - CONTEMPORARY URBAN BUDDHIST MOVEMENTS
pp 113-114

Chapter Six - Reformist Monks
pp 115-158

Chapter Seven - Phra Phothirak (Bodhiraks'a) Bhikkhu and Samnak Santi Asok
pp 159-198

Chapter Eight - Wat Phra Thammakaay Movement
pp 199-221

Concluding Remarks
pp 222-225

Glossary
pp 226-229

Bibliography
pp 230-238

Index
pp 239-245

The Author
pp 246-246

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