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Author : U. Gühler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Phāsit Thai written by U. Gühler and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Jerryson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190683570
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book If You Meet the Buddha on the Road written by Michael Jerryson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is said that the famous ninth century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." The deliberately confounding statement is meant to shock people out of complacent ways of thinking. But beyond the purposeful jolt from complacency there is another intention. This axiom suggests that, for liberation, one should seek the Buddha nature that resides within, rather than a mere Buddha exterior. The metaphor of killing the Buddha dislodges a person from the illusion that enlightenment lies outside the body. The proclamation also highlights the power of violence, even on a symbolic level. Violence abounds in Buddhist thoughts, doctrine, and actions, however unacknowledged or misunderstood. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road addresses an important absence in the study of religion and violence: the religious treatment of violence. In order to pursue an understanding of the relationship between Buddhism and violence, it is important to first consider how Buddhist scriptures and followers understand violence. Drawing on Buddhist treatments of violence, Michael Jerryson explores the ways in which Buddhists invoke, support, or justify war, conflict, state violence, and gender discrimination. In addition, the book examines the ways in which Buddhists address violence as military chaplains, cope with violence in a conflict zone, and serve as witnesses of blasphemy to Buddhist doctrine and Buddha images.
Author : Herman C. Kemp
Publisher : Yayasan Obor Indonesia
ISBN 13 : 9789794614839
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (148 download)
Download or read book Oral Traditions of Southeast Asia and Oceania written by Herman C. Kemp and published by Yayasan Obor Indonesia. This book was released on 2004 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arjun Subrahmanyan
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438486529
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Amnesia written by Arjun Subrahmanyan and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thailand's monarchy and military have dominated the narrative of the country's modern history, and their leadership is often accepted as evidence of a cultural preference for authoritarianism. Despite a long history of military coups that have upended the course of the country's democracy, however, Thailand's democratic history is a vital though largely ignored aspect of modern Thai society. Based on extensive archival research, Amnesia delves into the social and political beginnings of Thai democracy and explains how a bloodless revolution against the monarchy in 1932 introduced a constitutional democracy and ignited enduring hopes for a fairer society and a more representative government. The "People's Party," a small group of commoners who staged the revolution in the name of democracy, found an enthusiastic audience for their bold populist rhetoric among wide swathes of society. In Amnesia, Arjun Subrahmanyan illustrates how the idealism of the first decade of Thai democracy, now largely forgotten, still shapes Thai society.
Author : Craig J. Reynolds
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501718886
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Thai Radical Discourse written by Craig J. Reynolds and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Jit Poumisak's The Real Face of Thai Feudalism Today (1957), Reynolds both rewrites Thai history and critiques relevant historiography. Discussing imperialism, feudalism, and the nature of power, Reynolds argues that comparisons between European and Thai premodern societies reveal Thai social formations to be "historical, contingent, and temporally bounded."
Author : Charnvit Kasetsiri
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
ISBN 13 : 9815011251
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Thailand written by Charnvit Kasetsiri and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As a historian, Charnvit Kasetsiri is not satisfied simply to have found an instructive angle from which to explore the mysteries in a modern experimental monarchy. His keen sense of time has filled his narrative with insights that only a few people could have identified. To me, that is a mark of one with a fine sense of what the past can mean. I thank him for the chance to see this mature and thoughtful Charnvit at work and commend this book to everyone who wants to understand Thailand better.” -- Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore “Charnvit makes clear in the final pages of Thailand: A Struggle for the Nation that he is not very sanguine about the country’s future. During Thailand’s democratic spring in 1974, the Thai constitution was changed to allow female succession. This apparent loosening of male prerogative had no effect on the reign change in 2016 when the designated male heir, Prince Vajiralongkorn, succeeded without challenge to become the tenth Bangkok king. Communism, long gone as the spectre that once haunted Thailand’s political order, has been replaced by another. The spectre now haunting Thailand is authoritarianism.” -- Craig J. Reynolds, Australian National University
Author : Shoichi Iwasaki
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521650854
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (58 download)
Download or read book A Reference Grammar of Thai written by Shoichi Iwasaki and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, detailed and comprehensive guide to the grammar of the Thai language.
Author : University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
Publisher : Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Library Catalogue written by University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library and published by Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall. This book was released on 1979 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin B. Platt
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9971696975
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Isan Writers, Thai Literature written by Martin B. Platt and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional characteristics and regional language feature prominently in discussions of Thai identity, but there is little mention of regional literatures. In northeastern Thailand's Isan region, authors write primarily in Thai, but it is possible nonetheless to identify an Isan literature, which played a significant and at times pivotal role in the development of Thai literature in the second half of the twentieth century, as authors grappled with how their origins and experiences related to the Thai centre. Martin Platt's account of Isan literature is an important first step toward a broader study of regional literatures in Thailand, and shapes a model that has relevance for examining literary works in other Asian countries.
Author : Michael T. Skully
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349041181
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Financial Institutions and Markets in Southeast Asia written by Michael T. Skully and published by Springer. This book was released on 1984-06-18 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Chirot
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800267
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Essential Outsiders written by Daniel Chirot and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, like Jews in Central Europe until the Holocaust, have been remarkably successful as an entrepreneurial and professional minority. Whole regimes have sometimes relied on the financial underpinnings of Chinese business to maintain themselves in power, and recently Chinese businesses have led the drive to economic modernization in Southeast Asia. But at the same time, they remain, as the Jews were, the quintessential “outsiders.” In some Southeast Asian countries they are targets of majority nationalist prejudices and suffer from discrimination, even when they are formally integrated into the nation. The essays in this book explore the reasons why the Jews in Central Europe and the Chinese in Southeast Asia have been both successful and stigmatized. Their careful scholarship and measured tone contribute to a balanced view of the subject and introduce a historical depth and comparative perspective that have generally been lacking in past discussions. Those who want to understand contemporary Southeast Asian and the legacy of the Jewish experience in Central Europe will gain new insights from the book.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Thai Culture Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Streckfuss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136942025
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book Truth on Trial in Thailand written by David Streckfuss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2005, Thailand has been in crisis, with unprecedented political instability and the worst political violence seen in the country in decades. In the aftermath of a military coup in 2006, Thailand’s press freedom ranking plunged, while arrests for lèse-majesté have skyrocketed to levels unknown in the modern world. Truth on Trial in Thailand traces the 110-year trajectory of defamation-based laws in Thailand. The most prominent of these is lèse-majesté, but defamation aspects also appear in laws on sedition and treason, the press and cinema, anti-communism, contempt of court, insulting of religion, as well as libel. This book makes the case that despite the appearance of growing democratization, authoritarian structures and urges still drive politics in Thailand; the long-term effects of defamation law adjudication has skewed the way that Thai society approaches and perceives "truth." Employing the work of Habermas, Foucault, Agamben, and Schmitt to construct an alternative framework to understand Thai history, Streckfuss contends that Thai history has become "suspended" since 1958, and repeatedly declining to face the truth of history has set the stage for an endless state of crisis. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South East Asian politics, Asian history, and media and communication. David Streckfuss is an independent scholar who has lived in Thailand for more than 20 years. His work primarily concerns human rights, and political and cultural history.
Author : Rachel V. Harrison
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622091237
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Ambiguous Allure of the West written by Rachel V. Harrison and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book brings studies of modern Thai history and culture into dialogue with debates in comparative intellectual history, Asian cultural studies, and postcolonial studies. It takes Thai Studies in new directions through case studies of the cultural hybridity and ambivalences that have emerged from the manifold interactions between Siam/Thailand and the West from 1850 to the present day.
Author : Tomomi Ito
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Modern Thai Buddhism and Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu written by Tomomi Ito and published by National University of Singapore Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddhist monk Buddhasdasa Bhikku (1906-1993) injected fresh life into Thai Buddhism by exploring and teaching little known transcendent aspects of the religion. His investigations excited both monks and lay people, and gave rise to the vigourous discussion in shops, temple yards and newly founded Buddhist associations. Moreover, he was a prolific author, who produced a rich array of publications that are indicative of his popularity and the impact of his teachings. While these discussions included serious exchanges on doctrine and practice, they also included jokes and light humor, criticisms of weak evidence for certain positions, and a defamation campaign arising from rumors that Buddhadasa was a communist sympathizer. Buddhadasa's thoughts and historical context coincide with the general picture of "modern Buddhism" and he may be seen as an agent of "Buddhist modernity," but he worked predominantly in Thailand through the medium of the Thai language, and he contributed much more significantly to Thai Buddhists than to Buddhist practice outside the country. An enormous amount of material relating to Buddhadasa Bhikkhu has been captured in religious journals and in numerous "pocket books" aimed at a general audience. Departing from the classical method of studying Buddhism through philology, Tomomi Ito's account of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu draws on this popular literature and on conversations with a broad spectrum of the people involved in these discussions to develop an account of Buddhism as it is experienced by Thai people. The result is a lively intellectual and social history of contemporary Thai religion and society built around the life of an exceptional monk who captured the interest of Buddhists pursuing spiritual depth in the context of the ideological conflicts of the Cold War.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tai Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Daily Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
