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Author:   Hiroko Kawanami
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.679kg
ISBN:  

9781137573995

ISBN 10:   1137573996
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   04 April 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Buddhism and the Political Process: Patterns of Interaction; Ian Harris 2. On Being a Monk and a Citizen in Thailand and China; Thomas Borchert 3. U Nu's Liberal Democracy and Buddhist Communalism in Modern Burma; Hiroko Kawanami 4. Buddhist Monks and Democratic Politics in Contemporary Myanmar; Matthew Walton 5. Buddha or the Ballot: The Buddhist Exception to Universal Suffrage in Contemporary Asia; Tomas Larsson 6. Particularist Goals through Universalist Means: The Political Paradoxes of Buddhist Revivalism in Sri Lanka; Iselin Frydenlund 7. The 'Army of Buddhist Power' in Sri Lankan Politics; Mahinda Deegalle 8. The Buddhist State of Exception; Michael Jerryson 9. Tibetan Buddhist Leadership: Recent Developments in Historical Context; Bruce Knauft 10. Feeding a Scapegoat? The Political Function of Amoghavajra's Ritual Services in Protecting the Country; Martin Lehnert 11. Opium Eaters: Buddhism as Revolutionary Politics; James Mark Shields

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Hiroko Kawanami is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK. She has co-edited Religions in the Modern World (2009, 2016) and Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society (2013), and is the author of Renunciation and Empowerment of Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar-Burma (2013). She is currently co-writing a book about the communal jurisdiction of non-ordained Buddhist nuns in the southern tradition.

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