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Modern Buddhist conjunctures in Myanmar

Schober, Juliane.

Modern Buddhist conjunctures in Myanmar cultural narratives, colonial legacies, and civil society / [electronic resource] : Juliane Schober. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 207 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures.

9780824860837




Theravāda Buddhism--Political aspects--Burma.
Buddhism and state--History.--Burma


Electronic books.

BQ420 / .S36 2011

294.309591