Why we should not cut off the king's head: ritual sovereignty and the "moral grammar" of the Thai State

The idea of the sovereign state has often been theorized as a set of practices that evolved as a specifically European solution to the problem of difference. In order to further "provincialize" this perspective, my paper proposes to approach the topic through insights drawn from Government...

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Main Author: Engelkamp, Stephan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2015
In: Asien
Year: 2015, Volume: 135, Pages: 5-24
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