Preface

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Modern Buddhist Genealogies 1
5. 1. Theravada Cultural Hegemony in Precolonial Burma 15
6. 2. The Emergence of the Secular in Modern Burma 34
7. 3. Educating the Other: Buddhism and Colonial Knowledge 46
8. 4. Civil Buddhism in a Colonial Context 62
9. 5. The Politics of the Modern State as Buddhist Practice 76
10. 6. Buddhist Resistance against the State 99
11. 7. The Limits of Buddhist Moral Authority in the Secular State 119
12. 8. Potential Futures 146
13. Chronology 155
14. Notes 159
15. Glossary 189
16. Bibliography 191
17. Index 203
18. About the Author 209