Mikael Gravers

Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma (eBook, PDF)

An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma, bringing us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135798161
• Artikelnr.: 39180275

Autorenporträt

Mikael Gravers

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 THE COLONIAL CLUB: 'NATIVES NOT ADMITTED!'
Chapter 2 THE VIOLENT 'PACIFICATION' OF BURMA
Chapter 3 BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY AND POLITICAL POWER
Chapter 4 THE COLONISATION OF BURMESE IDENTITY
Chapter 5 BUDDHISM, XENOPHOBIA AND REBELLION IN THE 1930S
Chapter 6 TWO VERSIONS OF NATIONALISM: UNION STATE OR ETHNICISM?
Chapter 7 BUDDHISM AND MILITARY POWER: TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES-TWO DIFFERENT THAKINS
Chapter 8 NE WIN'S CLUB
Chapter 9 AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S Strategy
Chapter 10 NATIONALISM AS THE PRACTICE OF POWER
Chapter 11 THE RULES OF THE MYANMAR CLUB SINCE 1993
Chapter 12 BUDDHISM AND THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE AMONG THE KAREN
Chapter 13 U THUZANA AND VEGAN BUDDHISM
Chapter 14 BUDDHISM, PROPHECIES AND REBELLION
Chapter 15 AUTOCRACY AND NATIONALISM
Chapter 16 HISTORICISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND POWER
Chapter 17 A FINAL WORD-BUT NO CONCLUSION EPILOGUE
APPENDIX 1: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS
APPENDIX 2: KAREN ORGANISATIONS
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX