New buddhist movements in Thailand: An 'individualistic revolution', reform and political dissonance
The paper is essentially a background study of two controversial urban-based Buddhist movements which appeared since the beginning of the seventies, Santi Asok and the Thammakai Foundation. Both religious movements developed as a consequence of rapid changes in the macro-social milieu involving an a...
| Publié dans: | Journal of Southeast Asian studies |
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1990
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Association de personnes
B Changement socioéconomique B Politique intérieure B Renouveau religieux B Buddhisme B Communauté religieuse B Thailand |
| Résumé: | The paper is essentially a background study of two controversial urban-based Buddhist movements which appeared since the beginning of the seventies, Santi Asok and the Thammakai Foundation. Both religious movements developed as a consequence of rapid changes in the macro-social milieu involving an articulate aspiring new Thai bourgeoisie. Both "urban cults", on their own ways, are predicating a radical critique of the enduring social order; a call for collective "innerwordly" activism and "individualistic" reflexive response to normative institutional paradigms. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4634 |
| Contient: | In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies
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