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Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jordt, Ingrid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2007.
Colección:Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 115.
Temas:
Buddhism and politics > Burma.
Buddhism > Social aspects > Burma.
Buddhist laymen > Burma.
Human rights movements > Burma.
Bouddhisme et politique > Birmanie.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Birmanie.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Buddhism and politics
Buddhism > Social aspects
Buddhist laymen
Human rights movements
Burma
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country. Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassana meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human r.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780896804579
0896804577

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