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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455541403321

Autore

Jordt Ingrid

Titolo

Burma's mass lay meditation movement [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the cultural construction of power / / Ingrid Jordt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-89680-457-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 115

Disciplina

294.309591

Soggetti

Buddhism and politics - Burma

Buddhism - Social aspects - Burma

Buddhist laymen - Burma

Human rights movements - Burma

Electronic books.

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

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; One. Rise of the New Laity and the Restitution of the Ternary Order; Two. The Phenomenology of Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation; Three. Sacred Giving and the Politics of Sincerity; Four. The Double Order of Law - Monks, Gender, and Resistance; Five. From Relations of Power to Relations of Authority - The Dynamics of Symbolic Legitimacy; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960's, governs the country.   Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassanā meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human rights as well as...