Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma
An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-7007-0981-6 (ISBN)
Description
This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma. Gravers' study brings us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.
The present volume is a substantially revised and expanded version of the study originally published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
The present volume is a substantially revised and expanded version of the study originally published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7007-0981-6 (9780700709816)
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An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power
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Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma
An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power
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Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma
An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power
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Content
Introduction; Chapter 1 THE COLONIAL CLUB: 'NATIVES NOT ADMITTED!'; Chapter 2 THE VIOLENT 'PACIFICATION' OF BURMA; Chapter 3 BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY AND POLITICAL POWER; Chapter 4 THE COLONISATION OF BURMESE IDENTITY; Chapter 5 BUDDHISM, XENOPHOBIA AND REBELLION IN THE 1930S; Chapter 6 TWO VERSIONS OF NATIONALISM: UNION STATE OR ETHNICISM?; Chapter 7 BUDDHISM AND MILITARY POWER: TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES-TWO DIFFERENT THAKINS; Chapter 8 NE WIN'S CLUB; Chapter 9 AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S Strategy; Chapter 10 NATIONALISM AS THE PRACTICE OF POWER; Chapter 11 THE RULES OF THE MYANMAR CLUB SINCE 1993; Chapter 12 BUDDHISM AND THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE AMONG THE KAREN; Chapter 13 U THUZANA AND VEGAN BUDDHISM; Chapter 14 BUDDHISM, PROPHECIES AND REBELLION; Chapter 15 AUTOCRACY AND NATIONALISM; Chapter 16 HISTORICISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND POWER; Chapter 17 A FINAL WORD-BUT NO CONCLUSION EPILOGUE; APPENDIX 1: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS; APPENDIX 2: KAREN ORGANISATIONS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;