The Ambiguous Allure of Ashoka: Buddhist Kingship AS Precedent, Potentiality, and Pitfall for Covenantal Pluralism in Thailand
In the course of the 20th century, Thai political elites fashioned a religiopolitical settlement that has a great deal in common with covenantal pluralism. They did so, furthermore, by rediscovering a historic precedent in the Indian emperor Ashoka, and reinterpreting the image of this paragon of Bu...
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Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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The review of faith & international affairs
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 72-87 |
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Buddhism
B Religious Minorities B Monarchy B memory politics B Thailand B Secularism |
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