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Buddhism, Modernity, and the State in Asia

Forms of Engagement

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  1. John Whalen-Bridge
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  2. Pattana Kitiarsa
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: “Buddhist Politics” as Emptiness: History and the Forms of Engagement in Asia

    1. Introduction: “Buddhist Politics” as Emptiness: History and the Forms of Engagement in Asia

      • John Whalen-Bridge, Pattana Kitiarsa
      Pages 1-14

  4. The Political Role of Sacred Things

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Post-Pol Pot Cambodia and the Building of a New Stupa

      • John Amos Marston
      Pages 95-113

    3. The Relic and the Rule of Righteousness: Reflections on U Nu’s Dhammavijaya

      • Tilman Frasch
      Pages 115-138

    4. Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon

      • Donald M. Seekins
      Pages 139-159

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-277
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Leading scholars working on Buddhism and politics in South and Southeast Asia add to current discussions regarding 'Engaged Buddhism' and the recent work on protests. The writers have mostly established themselves in their fields, offering a diverse approach and country-by-country coverage.

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"This collection broadens our understanding of what Engaged Buddhism is and what it isn't. The grass-roots movements for peace and justice that arose in the 1950s in India, Tibet, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka were termed 'engaged' by monks, laypeople and scholars, who saw their nonviolent methods as expressions of spiritual practice. This volume places these movements alongside the rise of monastic corruption, state-sponsored terrorism, ethnic cleansing and guerrilla theater - all in the name of Buddhism. This book is a valuable synopsis of a new wave of cautionary scholarship." - Christopher Queen, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University, US, and Co-editor of Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia, Engaged Buddhism in the Wes t, an d Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism.

About the authors

Susan M. Darlington, Hampshire College, USA Mahinda Deegalle, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom Monica Lindberg Falk, Lund University, Sweden Tilman Frasch, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Charles F. Keyes, University of Washington, USA Patrice Ladwig, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany Jonathan Mair, Manchester University, UK John Marston, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico Donald M. Seekins, Meio University, Japan

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