02773nam 2200601 450 991045943170332120200520144314.01-282-71047-897866127104761-4411-6771-4(CKB)2670000000036017(EBL)564255(OCoLC)664232778(SSID)ssj0000413274(PQKBManifestationID)11305579(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413274(PQKBWorkID)10382719(PQKB)10788731(MiAaPQ)EBC564255(Au-PeEL)EBL564255(CaPaEBR)ebr10403776(CaONFJC)MIL271047(OCoLC)893334951(EXLCZ)99267000000003601720151022h19991999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBuddhism and politics in twentieth-century Asia /edited by Ian HarrisLondon, [England] ;New York, [New York] :Continuum,1999.©19991 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-5178-0 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Buddhism and Politics in Asia: The Textual and Historical Roots; 2 The Legacy of Tradition and Authority: Buddhism and the Nation in Myanmar; 3 Buddhism in Extremis: The Case of Cambodia; 4 Politics and Ambedkar Buddhism in Maharashtra; 5 Japanese Nationalism and the Universal Dharma; 6 Buddhism and Secular Power in Twentieth-Century Korea; 7 Laos: From Buddhist Kingdom to Marxist State; 8 First Among Equals: Buddhism and the Sri Lankan State; 9 Centre and Periphery: Buddhism and Politics in Modern Thailand10 Renewal and Resistance: Tibetan Buddhism in the Modern Era11 The Quest for Enlightenment and Cultural Identity: Buddhism in Contemporary Vietnam; IndexIn this study, a team of international scholars assess the manner in which Buddhist organizations and individuals have resisted, come to terms with, or in some cases allied themselves with the forces of war, modernity, westernization, nationalization, capBuddhism and politicsAsiaHistory20th centuryAsiaPolitics and government20th centuryElectronic books.Buddhism and politicsHistory294.3/377/0950904Harris Ian CharlesMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459431703321Buddhism and politics in twentieth-century Asia1928574UNINA