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UNINA9910163891403321 |
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Autore |
Walton Matthew J. |
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Titolo |
Buddhism, politics, and political thought in Myanmar / / Matthew J. Walton [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-316-86163-5 |
1-316-86223-2 |
1-316-86233-X |
1-316-86243-7 |
1-316-86283-6 |
1-316-86253-4 |
1-316-65914-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political culture - Burma |
Political participation - Burma |
Buddhism and politics - Burma |
Buddhism and state - Burma |
Burma Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2017). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. A brief political history and cast of characters; 2. Building blocks of a moral universe; 3. On human nature and the nature of politics; 4. Order and freedom/liberation: purposes of politics; 5. What is 'politics' and what constitutes 'participation'?; 6. Discipline, rights, and morality: 'democracy' in contemporary Myanmar; Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first book to provide a broad overview of the ways in which Buddhist ideas have influenced political thinking and politics in Myanmar. Matthew Walton draws extensively on Burmese language sources from the last 150 years to describe the 'moral universe' of contemporary Theravada Buddhism that has anchored most political thought in Myanmar. In explaining multiple Burmese understandings of |
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