World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 15)

By Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521211409
• ISBN13: 9780521211406
• Release Date: August 1976
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 565 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

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Buddhism, politics ab=nd the Southeast Asian World

This is one of the most important books ever written about Buddhism and politics in Thailand and Southeast Asia more generally. It has shaped the views of generations of scholars. It is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand the religious and political systems of Southeast Asia.