Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power

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This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma. Gravers' study brings us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.
The present volume is a substantially revised and expanded version of the study originally published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780700709816
ISBN-10: 0700709819
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:2nd edition
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; Chapter 1 THE COLONIAL CLUB: ‘NATIVES NOT ADMITTED!’; Chapter 2 THE VIOLENT ‘PACIFICATION’ OF BURMA; Chapter 3 BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY AND POLITICAL POWER; Chapter 4 THE COLONISATION OF BURMESE IDENTITY; Chapter 5 BUDDHISM, XENOPHOBIA AND REBELLION IN THE 1930S; Chapter 6 TWO VERSIONS OF NATIONALISM: UNION STATE OR ETHNICISM?; Chapter 7 BUDDHISM AND MILITARY POWER: TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES—TWO DIFFERENT THAKINS; Chapter 8 NE WIN'S CLUB; Chapter 9 AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S Strategy; Chapter 10 NATIONALISM AS THE PRACTICE OF POWER; Chapter 11 THE RULES OF THE MYANMAR CLUB SINCE 1993; Chapter 12 BUDDHISM AND THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE AMONG THE KAREN; Chapter 13 U THUZANA AND VEGAN BUDDHISM; Chapter 14 BUDDHISM, PROPHECIES AND REBELLION; Chapter 15 AUTOCRACY AND NATIONALISM; Chapter 16 HISTORICISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND POWER; Chapter 17 A FINAL WORD—BUT NO CONCLUSION EPILOGUE; APPENDIX 1: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS; APPENDIX 2: KAREN ORGANISATIONS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

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This study examines the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma, bringing us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.

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