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1 online resource (239 pages) |
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Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Ser |
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Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Ser
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Contents |
Cover Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Note on diacritics and names; Chapter 1: Introduction: Theravada Buddhism in colonial contexts; Colonial enterprises in Theravada worlds; The organization of the book; Colony/nation; Centralization in internal colonies; Managing and governing Theravada Buddhists; Students of the empire; Notes; References; Part I: Colony/Nation; Chapter 2: To be Burmese is to be Buddhist: Formations of Buddhist modernity in colonial Burma; Modern Buddhist identities in regional contexts |
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Civil Buddhism in a colonial context: the Young Men's Buddhist AssociationTrajectories of Buddhist maximalists; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Interactions between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism in colonial Singapore; Introduction; Colonial Singapore and the policy of religion; The early years of Buddhism in colonial Singapore; Foundations of the Theravada-Mahayana relationship; Interaction and influence; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: A tale of two colonialisms: K. Sri Dhammananda and the making of a missionary monk |
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Colonial Malaya and the Sinhalese diasporaSri Lankan Buddhist temples in Malaya; The early life of K. Sri Dhammananda; Arrival in Malaya and the Malayan Communist insurgency; Templer and Dhammananda: reaching out to new communities; Colonialism across the Indian Ocean: Venerable Dhammananda's defense of Buddhism; Local repertoires: Buddhist non-sectarianism, inter-religious; Conclusion: a tale of two colonialisms; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Part II: Centralization in internal colonies; Chapter 5: Lanna Buddhism and Bangkok centralization in late nineteenth to early twentieth century |
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From buffer state to political integration: the Bangkok internal colonization of the Lanna statesThe traditional Lanna sangha before the Bangkok centralization; Restructuring the Lanna sangha into the Siam sangha; Resistance and compromise; Resistance or maintaining culture?; Conclusion; Abbreviation; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Shifts in Buddhist authority in Sipsongpanna under Chinese colonialism; Locating Sipsongpanna as a Chinese colony; Buddhist organization under the Jao Phaendin; Buddhist organization after Mao; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; References |
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Part III: Managing and governing Theravada BuddhistsChapter 7: "Colonial governmentality": Legal and administrative technologies of the governance of Sri Pada temple in Sri Lanka; Introduction; Traditional management of the temple: kings, monks, and aristocrats; British colonial project(s); Temple disputes and British governmental technologies; New administrative technologies for the management of temple affairs; Ambiguity of the technologies: disputes between DBTC, legal Trustees, and the chief monks; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; References |
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Chapter 8: The thathanabaing project: Monastic hierarchies and colonialism in Burma |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Imperialism.
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TheravÄda Buddhism-History-19th century
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Imperialism
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781351620369 |
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1351620363 |
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9781351620376 |
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1351620371 |
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9781351620352 |
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1351620355 |
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9781315111889 |
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1315111888 |
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