World Conqueror and World Renouncer : A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521211409
ISBN-13
9780521211406
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 27th, 1976
Print length
565 Pages
Weight
96 grams
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographySocial and cultural anthropology
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This is the first comprehensive and authoritative work on the relationship between Buddhism and the polity in Thailand.
World Conqueror and World Renouncer is the first comprehensive and authoritative work on the relationship between Buddhism and the polity (political organization) in Thailand. The book conveys the historical background necessary for full comprehension of the contemporary structural relationship between Buddhism, the sangha (monastic order), and the polity, including the historic institution of kingship. Professor Tambiah delineates the overall relationship, as postulated in early Buddhism, between the monk''s otherworldly quest on one side and the this-worldly ordinating role of the monarchy on the other. He also examines the complementary and dialectical tensions that occur in this classical relationship, the king''s duty to both protect and purify the sangha being a notable example.
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