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

• Autore: Jordt Ingrid
• Pubblicazione: Athens : , : Ohio University Press, , 2007; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 294.309591
• Soggetto topico: Buddhism and politics - Burma; Buddhism - Social aspects - Burma; Buddhist laymen - Burma; Human rights movements - Burma
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Burma's mass lay meditation movement
• ISBN: 0-89680-457-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777930203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in international studies. . -Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 115.