Towards a moral understanding of Karen State's paradoxical Buddhist strongmen
This article considers the role that armed Plong (Pwo) Karen Buddhist strongmen play as moral authorities in their home communities, rather than their coercive and extractive qualities. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in Hpa-an district, Karen State, it demonstrates that their ability to act a...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Institution
July 2019
|
| In: |
Sojourn
Year: 2019, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 258-289 |
| Further subjects: | B
Myanmar
B Social behavior B Buddhism B Authority B Einflussgröße B Religion B Karen B Political leadership B Morals |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000caa a2200000 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1670262758 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20210610183428.0 | ||
| 007 | tu | ||
| 008 | 190730s2019 xx ||||| 00| ||eng c | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1670262758 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1670262758 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a RI02.31 |2 fivr | ||
| 084 | |a SG02.03 |2 fivs | ||
| 084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |e VerfasserIn |0 (DE-588)1172756228 |0 (DE-627)1041390823 |0 (DE-576)514778652 |4 aut |a Chambers, Justine |d ca. 20./21. Jh. | |
| 109 | |a Chambers, Justine ca. 20./21. Jh. | ||
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Towards a moral understanding of Karen State's paradoxical Buddhist strongmen |c Justine Chambers |
| 264 | 1 | |c July 2019 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Band |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Teil einer special scetion on moral authorities in Myanmar | ||
| 520 | |a This article considers the role that armed Plong (Pwo) Karen Buddhist strongmen play as moral authorities in their home communities, rather than their coercive and extractive qualities. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in Hpa-an district, Karen State, it demonstrates that their ability to act as moral authorities in their home communities is embedded in elaborate social notions of interdependency. These are related to the specific formation of Karen personhood and the importance of being 'faithful' (in Plong Karen, thout kyar) to each other. In describing how one strongman and his extractive debt relations are configured according to Plong Karen social ethics, the article demonstrates that a core feature of their moral authority is interwoven in a Buddhist cosmological understanding of moral leadership and the public performance of merit-making activities. It argues that the use of public performances of morality through donation ceremonies play a powerful role in mitigating the ways in which illicit economic activities and extractive debt relations are regarded as incommensurate with Plong Karen values. (Sojourn/GIGA) | ||
| 601 | |a Buddhist | ||
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4029662-3 |0 (DE-627)106273469 |0 (DE-576)208983511 |a Karen |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4115584-1 |0 (DE-627)105813184 |0 (DE-576)209494468 |a Politische Führung |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4003990-0 |0 (DE-627)106388134 |0 (DE-576)208853413 |a Autorität |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4040222-8 |0 (DE-627)104571780 |0 (DE-576)209038780 |a Moral |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4055903-8 |0 (DE-627)106156454 |0 (DE-576)209115866 |a Sozialverhalten |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4049396-9 |0 (DE-627)106187155 |0 (DE-576)209081880 |a Religion |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4209283-8 |0 (DE-627)104353201 |0 (DE-576)210191112 |a Einflussgröße |2 gnd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4008690-2 |0 (DE-627)106366823 |0 (DE-576)20887772X |a Buddhismus |2 gnd |
| 651 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)1193111315 |0 (DE-627)1671695461 |a Myanmar |2 gnd | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Sojourn |d Singapore : Inst., 1986 |g 34(2019), 2, Seite 258-289 |w (DE-627)169513157 |w (DE-600)1000040-9 |w (DE-576)026319683 |x 0217-9520 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:34 |g year:2019 |g number:2 |g pages:258-289 |
| 936 | f | i | |0 (DE-627)1756134154 |a RI02.31 |b Myanmar (Birma) |k Asien (ohne westliches Asien) |k Südostasien |k Myanmar (Birma) |2 fivr |
| 936 | f | i | |0 (DE-627)1756135940 |a SG02.03 |b Nationalitäten/Minoritäten |k Gesellschaft |k Gesellschaftsentwicklung/Gesellschaftsstruktur |k Nationalitäten/Minoritäten |2 fivs |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756166781 |0 (DE-615)6602358 |a Myanmar |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)106273469 |0 (DE-588)4029662-3 |a Karen |2 gnd |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756158827 |0 (DE-615)6602481 |a Politische Führung (Gruppe) |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756201552 |0 (DE-615)6601672 |a Autorität |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756146624 |0 (DE-615)6603551 |a Moral |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756163995 |0 (DE-615)6601937 |a Soziales Verhalten |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756207208 |0 (DE-615)6605266 |a Religiöse Faktoren |2 fivt |
| 938 | 1 | 0 | |0 (DE-627)1756168318 |0 (DE-615)6604895 |a Buddhismus |2 fivt |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |b 1 | ||
| ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheo_oa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| STA | 0 | 0 | |a Authority,Authority,Authority in art,Buddhism,Buddhism,Karen,Morals,Morals,Political leadership,Religion,Religions,Religion,Religion in literature,Social behavior,Social behavior,Social behavior in animals |
| STB | 0 | 0 | |a Autorité,Autorité,Autorité (psychologie),Buddhisme,Bouddhisme,Comportement social,Comportement social,Comportement social des animaux,Dirigeants politiques,Leaders politiques,Leaders politiques,Karens,Morale,Morale,Religion,Religions,Religion |
| STC | 0 | 0 | |a Autoridad,Autoridad,Budismo,Budismo,Comportamiento social,Comportamiento social,Karen,Liderazgo político,Moral,Moral,Religión,Religión,Religión |
| STD | 0 | 0 | |a Autorità,Autorità,Buddhismo <motivo>,Buddhismo,Buddismo,Buddismo,Buddismo (motivo),Buddismo,Comportamento sociale,Comportamento sociale,Karen,Leadership politica,Morale,Morale,Religione,Religione,Religione |
| STE | 0 | 0 | |a 佛教,宗教,宗教,权威,社会行为,社会行为,社会性行为,社会性行为,道德,道德 |
| STF | 0 | 0 | |a 佛教,克伦族,宗教,宗教,權威,社會行為,社會行為,社會性行為,社會性行為,道德,道德 |
| STG | 0 | 0 | |a Autoridade,Autoridade,Budismo,Budismo,Comportamento social,Comportamento social,Karens,Liderança política,Moral,Moral,Religião,Religião |
| STH | 0 | 0 | |a Авторитет (мотив),Авторитет,Буддизм (мотив),Буддизм,Карены (народ),Мораль (мотив),Мораль,Политическое руководство,Религия (мотив),Религия,Социальное поведение (мотив),Социальное поведение |
| STI | 0 | 0 | |a Ήθος (μοτίβο),Ήθος,Βουδισμός (μοτίβο),Βουδισμός,Εξουσία (μοτίβο),Εξουσία,Θρησκεία (μοτίβο),Θρησκεία,Κάρεν (εθνοτική ομάδα),Κοινωνική συμπεριφορά (μοτίβο),Κοινωνική συμπεριφορά,Πολιτική ηγεσία |
| SUB | |a REL | ||
| SYE | 0 | 0 | |a Soziale Verhaltensweisen,Soziales Verhalten , Religion,Mystik,Mythologie , Einflussfaktor , Buddhism,Zen-Buddhismus |
| SYF | 0 | 0 | |a Birma,Ost,Bamar,Mranmā-praññ,Myanma Naingngan,Myanma-Pyee,Praññ-thoṅ-cu-Mranmā-nuiṅ-ṅaṃ,Pyee-daung-su Myanma-Nainggan,Praññ-thoṅ-cu-chuirhaylac-sammata-Mranmā-nuiṅ-ṅaṃ-tō,Union of Myanmar,Union Myanmar,Union du Myanmar,British Burma,Upper Burma,Burma,Provinz Burma,Birma |