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World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background
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In this article, the authors describe a journey from Rajadharma (the King's "whole duty") to Dharmaraja (the "Righteous Ruler") from Ayutthaya to Bangkok.Abstract:
Part I: 1. Introduction: Reconstructing a Journey 2. From Rajadharma (the King's "Whole Duty") to Dharmaraja (the "Righteous Ruler") 3. The Brahmanical Theory of Society and Kingship 4. The Early Buddhist Conception of World Process, Dharma, and Kingship 5. Asoka Maurya: The Paradigm 6. Thai Kingship and Polity in Historical Perspective 7. The Galactic Polity 8. The Kingdom of Ayutthaya: Design and Process 9. Asokan and Sinhalese Traditions Concerning the Purification of the Sangha 10. The Sangha and the Polity: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok 11. The Nineteenth-Century Achievements of Religion and Sangha Appendix to Chapter 11: The Symbolization of Monarchy in the Nineteenth Century 12. The Sangha Acts of 1902, 1941, and 1963 Part II: 13. The Composition and Distribution of Religious Personnel: What the Figures Say 14. Monkhood as an Avenue of Social Mobility 15. Monastic Careers and Monastic Network Appendix to Chapter 15: Monastic Networks in Christian Europe and Thailand 16. Patronage of the Sangha and the Legitimation of the Polity 17. Reformism and Ideological Transformation Based on Tradition 18. Missionary Monks (Thammathud) and National Development Appendix to Chapter 18: The Monks' Universities 19. The Politics of National Development and the Symbols c Legitimacy 20. Dialectical Tensions, Continuities, Transformations, and the Uses of the Pastread more
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