Perceiving the social body: a phenomenological perspective on ethical practice in Buddhist Thailand

This essay develops the concept of the “social body” as a metaphorical representation of hierarchical relationships in Thailand, as well as the physical embodiment of social, religious, and political structures. To do so, I trace the symbolic coordinates of groups that correspond to conceptions of i...

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Subtitles:Focus on recent work in moral anthropology
Main Author: Aulino, Felicity (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley [2014]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 415-441
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thailand / Buddhism / Anthropology / Ethics / Body / Society
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
NCB Personal ethics
NCC Social ethics
Online Access: Volltext (doi)