Buddhism, modernity, and the state in Asia: forms of engagement / ed. by J.Whalen-Bridge, P.Kitiarsa. - New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - viii, 277 p. - Bibliogr. at the end of the chapters. - Ind.: p.269-277. - ISBN 978-1-137-33294-3 Шифр: ((И/Э3-В92) 02  Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

Introduction: "Buddhist Politics" as Emptiness: History and the Forms of Engagement in Asia ............................. 1 John Whalen-Bridge and Pattana Kitiarsa Part I Dependent Originations and Changing Destinations 1 Buddhists Confront the State ................................ 17 Charles F. Keyes 2 "Foremost among Religions": Theravada Buddhism's Affairs with the Modern Sri Lankan State .................... 41 Mahinda Deegalle 3 Schools, Ritual Economies, and the Expanding State: The Changing Roles of Lao Buddhist Monks as "Traditional Intellectuals" .............................................. 63 Patrice Ladwig Part II The Political Role of Sacred Things 4 Post-Pol Pot Cambodia and the Building of a New Stupa ....... 95 John Amos Marston 5 The Relic and the Rule of Righteousness: Reflections on U Nu's Dhammavijaya ........................................ 115 Tilman Frasch 6 Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon ........................................... 139 Donald M. Seekins Part III Monks, Nuns, and... Trees 7 Angry Monk Syndrome on the World Stage: Tibet, Engaged Buddhism, and the Weapons of the Weak ...................... 163 John Whalen-Bridge 8 Rebirth Control: Contemporary Inner Mongolian Buddhism and the Religious Authority of the Chinese State ........... 209 Jonathan Mair 9 Do Buddhist "Nuns" Need the Thai Sangha? ................... 229 Monica Lindberg Falk 10 Sacred Protests and Buddhist Environmental Knowledge ....... 245 Susan M. Darlington Notes on Contributors ......................................... 263 Index ......................................................... 269