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Buddhist fury [electronic resource] : religion and violence in southern Thailand / Michael K. Jerryson

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Jerryson, Michael K.
Published
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 262 pages)
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: Backgrounds -- Approaches to Religion and Violence -- Negotiating Subjects -- Ethnographic Disclosures -- Chapter Overview -- Language Notes -- Acknowledgments -- 1.Histories -- The Didactics of a Master Narrative -- The Didactics of Counter Narratives -- Problems of Periodization -- Identities Outside Polarities -- Conclusion -- 2.Representation -- The Monastic Catalyst -- The Power of Representation -- The Political Origin of Thai Buddhism -- Nation-State Building and Monastic Representations -- Politicizing Monks in Violence: Volunteer Monks -- Defacing a Representation -- An Equation for Buddhist Violence -- Conclusion -- 3.Practice -- Practice and Performativity -- The Routinization of Terror -- The Power of Words -- A Platform for Action: Buddhist Nationalism -- Conclusion -- 4.Militarization -- Contextualizing Militarization -- Military Monks -- Military Monks in Buddhist Traditions -- Monastic to Military Compound -- Militant Practices at the Wat -- Conclusion -- 5.Identity -- Race/Ethnicity in Thai Studies -- Thai Identity and Religion -- Historical Influences -- Twentieth-Century Developments -- Race, Religion, and Violence -- Geography and Racial Metastasis -- Structural and Individual Efficacy -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- The Impact of Violence on Monks -- Epistemologies.
Summary
Jerryson offers an exntensive examination of one of the least known but longest-running conflicts of Southeast Asia. Part of this conflict, based primarily in Thailand's southernmost provinces, is fueled by religious divisions.
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ISBN
9780199897438 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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