Forest Monks and the Nation-State

Subtitle : An Anthropological and Historical Study in Northeastern Thailand

Abstract :
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.

Registration No : B1166
Author :
J.L. Taylor

Edition :
Impresum : Singapore: ISEAS, 1993
Description :
Language : English

ISBN 981-3016-48-5

Classification:
1. 000 - ASEAN / 010.9 - MEMBER STATES - Thailand

Keyword :
1 thailand
2 anthropological


Availability :
Hard copies 1 of 1

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