
Communities of Potential
Social Assemblages in Thailand and Beyond
Shigeharu Tanabe(Editor)
Silkworm Books (Publisher)
Published on 2. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-616-215-117-0 (ISBN)
Description
This multiauthor volume provides fresh ways of looking at community movements and social actors in Thailand and beyond. The chapters cover a range of movements, from personal and social development based on Buddhist principles to community movements centered on other religious, spiritual, and traditional practices. Community movements differ markedly from the classic social movements of the early twentieth century and the subsequent "new social movements." Anthropologist Shigeharu Tanabe and Thai and Japanese colleagues explain that a key feature of these community movements is "assemblage"- individuals or groups coming together in networks that enable them to realize their potential. Building on theoretical foundations developed by social scientists Giles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, and others, this book is an important reference on the workings of community movements in Southeast Asia.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Publishing group
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 illus., 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-616-215-117-0 (9786162151170)
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Person
Shigeharu Tanabe is professor emeritus at the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan and currently teaches social anthropology at Chiang Mai University.