Millennialism, Charisma and Utopia: Revolutionary Potentialities in Pre-modern Lao and Thai Theravāda Buddhism
With reference to (mainly Pāli) textual imaginaries and historical data on outbreaks of millennial movements in southern Laos and parts of Thailand around the turn of the twentieth century, this essay discusses the revolutionary potentialities embedded in Theravāda Buddhist thought and its localised...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2014
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Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2014, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 308-329 |
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