Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement : Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power.
Jordt, Ingrid.
Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement : Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (302 pages) - Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series . - Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order -- Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation -- Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity -- Four. The Double Order of Law - Monks, Gender, and Resistance -- Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority - The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country.Drawing.
9780896804579
Human rights movements - Burma.
Electronic books.
BQ438 -- .J67 2007eb
294.309591
Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement : Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (302 pages) - Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series . - Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order -- Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation -- Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity -- Four. The Double Order of Law - Monks, Gender, and Resistance -- Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority - The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country.Drawing.
9780896804579
Human rights movements - Burma.
Electronic books.
BQ438 -- .J67 2007eb
294.309591