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People of virtue : reconfiguring religion, power and morality in Cambodia today /

"The importance of this volume is not only that it contributes to the new interest in religion in Cambodia but also because it places the religious revival in a nuanced social, cultural and political context and shows how Cambodia pursues order in large part through reference to her past."...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kent, Alexandra, Chandler, David P. (David Porter), 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2008.
Colección:NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 43.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sect. 1, Historical change. Introduction / Alexandra Kent and David Chandler ; Buddhism and reform : imposed reforms and popular aspirations, some historical notes to aid reflection / Alain Forest ; Modernism and morality in the colonial era / Anne Hansen ; Truth, representation and the politics of memory after genocide / Alex L. Hinton
  • Sect. 2, Desired ideals. Wat Preah Thammalanka and the legend of Lok Ta Nen / John Marston ; The recovery of the king / Alexandra Kent ; Between forests and families : a remembered past life / Erik Davis
  • Sect. 3, Remaking moral worlds. Buddhist practice in rural Kandal Province, 1960 and 2003 : an essay in honor of May M. Ebihara / Judy Ledgerwood ; Reconstructing Buddhist temple buildings : an analysis of village Buddhism after the era of turmoil / Kobayashi Satoru ; The absence of elders : chaos and moral order in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge / Eve Zucker
  • The moral geology of the present : structuring morality, menace and merit / Penny Edwards
  • Sect. 4, Questions of changing culture. The scope and limitations of political participation by Buddhist monks / Heng Sreang ; Buddhist education today : progress and challenges / Ven Sovanratana ; Buddhism and corruption / Christine Nissen ; Development workers as agents of cultural change / Vandra Harris ; In search of the Dhammika ruler / Heng Monychenda.