Modern Buddhist Conjunctures in Myanmar: Cultural Narratives, Colonial Legacies, and Civil Society 9780824860837
For centuries, Burmese have looked to the authority of their religious tradition, Theravada Buddhism, to negotiate socia
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Modern Buddhist Genealogies
1. Theravada Cultural Hegemony in Precolonial Burma
2. The Emergence of the Secular in Modern Burma
3. Educating the Other: Buddhism and Colonial Knowledge
4. Civil Buddhism in a Colonial Context
5. The Politics of the Modern State as Buddhist Practice
6. Buddhist Resistance against the State
7. The Limits of Buddhist Moral Authority in the Secular State
8. Potential Futures
Chronology
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
