Buddhism and Politics in Thailand

• Yazar: Arnaud Dubus (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine 2018
• Konular: monks; politics; populism; abbot; Red monks; Mongkut; Phra Buddha Isara; Prayuth Chan-ocha; networks; Thailand; Sangha; somdet phra racha khana; proselytism; Bhumibol Adulyadej; Ma Ba Tha; Suthep Thaugsuban; Somdet Chuang; Thai South; nibbana; Wat Phra Dhammakaya; Thammayut; Ashin Wirathu; Phra Dhammachayo; Buddhadasa Bhikkhu; Mahanikai; Nyanasamvara; Phra; crisis; Prawase Wasi; civil society; Supreme Patriarch; Chulalongkorn; buddhism; Phra Paisal Visalo; Maha Vajiralongkorn; Yingluck Shinawatra; reform; Santi Asoke; political transition; Somdet; Theravada Buddhism; red shirts; Vinaya; Abhisit Vejjajiva; Rohingya; Pattani; Khruba Srivichai
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Despite the often-repeated assertion that Buddhism and politics are, or at least must be, separate matters, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with politics one way or another since the Buddha's time. In Thailand, Buddhism has been used since the end of the 19th century as a tool to legitima...