Forest Monks and the Nation-state

Forest Monks and the Nation-state
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Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9813016493
ISBN-13 : 9789813016491
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Book Synopsis Forest Monks and the Nation-state by : J. L. Taylor

Download or read book Forest Monks and the Nation-state written by J. L. Taylor and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1993 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed study on the ascetic forest monk tradition in the Lao-speaking provinces of northeastern Thailand in the wake of the early twentieth century politico-religious reforms. The narrative alternates between the periphery and the capital, dealing with historic transformations and persistencies in the social field of wandering forest monks as well as the contemporary impact of this monastic tradition in the wider social and political milieu. The writer uses original ethnographic materials and provides a rare insight into the formation of monastic lineages and the local politico-religious histories of present-day northeastern Thailand.


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