Thailands theory of monarchy : the Vessantara Jātaka and the idea of the perfect man /
Discusses the origins and cultural history of the Theravada Buddhist ideals behind the Thai institution of monarchy. 2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Since the 2006 coup d'état, Thailand has been riven by two opposing political visions: one which aspires to a modern democracy and the rul...
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Vessantara Jātaka as a performative text
- Chapter 2. The Vessantara Jātaka and early state formation
- Chapter 3. A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as Bodhisatta
- Chapter 4. The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
- Chapter 5. Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
- Chapter 6. From Jātakas to Thai folktales
- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Vessantara Jātaka as a performative text
- Chapter 2. The Vessantara Jātaka and early state formation
- Chapter 3. A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as Bodhisatta
- Chapter 4. The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
- Chapter 5. Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
- Chapter 6. From Jātakas to Thai folktales
- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara
- The Vessantara Jataka as a performative text
- The Vessantara Jataka and early state formation
- A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as bodhisatta
- The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
- Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
- From jatakas to Thai folktales
- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara
- The Vessantara Jātaka as a performative text
- The Vessantara Jātaka and early state formation
- A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as bodhisatta
- The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
- Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
- From jātakas to Thai folktales
- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara
- The Vessantara Jātaka as a performative text
- The Vessantara Jātaka and early state formation
- A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as bodhisatta
- The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
- Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
- From jātakas to Thai folktales
- Conclusion : the modern Vessantara