Buddhism and Politics in Thailand / / Arnaud Dubus

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910313027303321
• Autore: Dubus Arnaud
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bangkok, : Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine, 2018
• ISBN: 2-35596-046-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (92 p.)
• Soggetti: Religion; Political Science; bouddhisme; chemises rouges; crise; influence; junte; masses; médias; militantisme; moines; monarchie; monastère; mouvements sociaux; politique; populisme; presse; prosélitisme; réformes; religion; réseaux; société; société civile; Thaïlande; Bhumibol Adulyadej; Sangha; Nyanasamvara; Khruba Srivichai; Vinaya; Somdet; Phra; somdet phra racha khana; abbé; Thammayut; Mahanikai; Maha Vajiralongkorn; Patriarche suprême; Abhisit Vejjajiva; Suthep Thaugsuban; Yingluck Shinawatra; Phra Buddha Isara; Prawase Wasi; Phra Dhammachayo; Wat Phra Dhammakaya; Buddhadasa Bhikkhu; Prayuth Chan-ocha; Mongkut; Chulalongkorn; Bouddhisme theravada; nibbana; Pattani; Phra Paisal Visalo; Rohingya; Ashin Wirathu; Ma Ba Tha; Somdet Chuang; moines rouges; Santi Asoke; Sud Thaïlande; buddhism; civil society; crisis; monks; networks; political transition; politics; populism; proselytism; red shirts; reform; Thailand; abbot; Supreme Patriarch; Theravada Buddhism; Red monks; Thai South; Thailand Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite the often-repeated assertion that Buddhism and politics are, or at least must be, separate matters, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with politics one way or another since the Buddha’s time. In Thailand, Buddhism has been used since the end of the 19th century as a tool to legitimate state power. In the following decades, it has been progressively centralized under a national hierarchy, which is still existing today. This scheme was not altered after the change of the country’s political framework in 1932 and political tensions with the sangha came to the fore during the political troubles of the 1970s. The emergence of an increasing political divide in Thailand since the mid-2000s, around two broad groups which have been dubbed the Yellow Shirts and the Red Shirts, has engulfed the monastic community, leading to a growing activism by some Buddhist groups, some temples and some monks. Numerous monks mingled with Red Shirts demonstrators in April-May 2010, and some were on the front-line when the military gave the assault on the Red Shirts’ camp in downtown Bangkok. In the most recent years, these tensions have coalesced around the controversial Dhammakaya temple and have impacted the choice of the leader of the Thai monastic community. Although, tensions within the sangha are nothing new, they have weakened the ability of Buddhism – one of the national pillars of the Thai national ideology – to be a focal point as the country is going through a difficult transition with the end of seven-decades prestigious reign and political uncertainties clouding the horizon.

Dans les geôles du roi : L’emprisonnement pour dette à Paris à la fin du Moyen Âge / / Julie Claustre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910341156003321
• Autore: Claustre Julie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris, : Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2019
• ISBN: 979-1-03-510181-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (479 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GauvardClaude
• Soggetti: History; Medieval & Renaissance Studies; dette; voie d’exécution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Associée aux malheurs du jeune Charles Dickens, la prison pour dette est souvent considérée comme une sanction implacable de la pauvreté, typique de l’Angleterre victorienne, alors qu’elle fut en France un moyen normal, sinon fréquent, de contraindre les endettés à satisfaire leurs créanciers jusqu’en 1867 et qu’elle reste de nos jours un moyen dont l’État use à l’égard de certains de ses débiteurs. Dans les geôles du roi, dès le xive siècle, on enfermait les débiteurs jusqu’au paiement de leurs dettes ou jusqu’à l’accomplissement de leurs obligations contractuelles. Pour la première fois, ce livre retrace avec précision les débuts de cette institution, entrée dans le droit royal en 1303, et, en se fondant sur les archives médiévales des tribunaux et prisons du Châtelet et du Parlement de Paris, rappelle sa genèse aux xive et xve siècles. Comment pouvait-on faire arrêter son débiteur ? Qui étaient ces prisonniers pour dette ? Comment « tenaient-ils prison » ? Comment en sortaient-ils ? Dans quels termes cette fonction de coercition a-t-elle été conçue par les juristes et les magistrats ? Telles sont les questions qui sous-tendent cette enquête sur l’entrée de l’emprisonnement pour dette dans le droit royal et la pratique judiciaire français. Jour après jour, la prise du corps des endettés a imposé la ; sujétion des débiteurs et des créanciers à leur roi, aussi sûrement que des contraintes et des peines extrêmes comme la question, les mutilations et la peine de mort. Appliqué d’abord aux laboureurs, aux ouvriers et aux artisans de l’Île-de-France qu’il rappelait à la discipline du contrat, l’emprisonnement pour dette se situe à la croisée de l’histoire de la souveraineté de l’État et de celle de l’émergence de la « question sociale » à la fin du Moyen Âge.

Abulecentrism : rapid development of society catalyzed at the local community level / / Olurinde Lafe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437941303321
• Autore: Lafe Olurinde
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, : Springer, 2013
• ISBN: 3-319-01023-9
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Infrastructure (Economics); Community development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction.- Power Infrastructural Development -- Other infrastructural Development -- Human Capacity Development -- Housing -- Agriculture -- Industrialization -- Healthcare -- Moving Forward -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book describes a development concept called abulecentrism. The Yoruba word abule (pronounced: a-boo-lay) literarily means “the village”. abulecentrism seeks to achieve rapid and sustainable development of a given society by the strategic execution of projects and the provision of critical services at the local community level. The village has always been the traditional unit of communal living in many societies around the world. The typical village is small, comprising close-knit social groups and individuals that number in the tens, or at most, low hundreds. In a village, people live close to one another, and derive strength in their communal methods of living, working and ; protecting their society. Furthermore, the management and governance of the community is simpler than in urban areas because the village requires smaller administrative systems. abulecentrism is built on the philosophy of using small, modular systems, such as a village, as building blocks for developing the greater society. The ultimate goal of abulecentrism is for the larger society to be significantly impacted by the dividends of the aggregated development attained within the different communities. Development projects will typically be executed by starting with a few local communities and progressing organically until all the communities that make up the larger society have been impacted.