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Buddhism in a dark age : Cambodian monks under Pol Pot /

"This pioneering study of the fate of Buddhism during the communist period in Cambodia puts a human face on a dark period in Cambodia's history. It is the first sustained analysis of the widely held assumption that the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot had a centralized plan to liquidate the entir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, Ian Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Unraveling of the Buddhist state
  • Buddhism and the origins of Cambodian communism
  • Buddhism and Khmer communism : a shared conceptual terrain
  • Dealing with monks
  • Buddhist practice and material culture under the Khmer Rouge
  • Monk mortality and the destruction of institutional Buddhism
  • Aftermath : rebuilding the saṅgha under socialism.