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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order; Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation; Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity; Four. The Double Order of Law
  • Monks, Gender, and Resistance; Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority
  • The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.

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