Imagining Burma
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Imagining Burma
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Author : Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Imagining Burma written by Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Burma categories.
Language Nation And Development In Southeast Asia
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Author : Lee Hock Guan
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 2007
Language Nation And Development In Southeast Asia written by Lee Hock Guan and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
Papers from a workshop on Language, Nation and Development in Southeast Asia held in Singapore, 2003.
The Hidden History Of Burma Race Capitalism And The Crisis Of Democracy In The 21st Century
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Author : Thant Myint-U
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2019-11-12
The Hidden History Of Burma Race Capitalism And The Crisis Of Democracy In The 21st Century written by Thant Myint-U and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-12 with History categories.
How did one of the world’s "buzzy hotspots" (Fodor’s 2013) become one of the top ten places to avoid (Fodor’s 2018)? Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders such as Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support. Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider’s diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change, and deep-seated feelings around race, religion, and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy. Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention. Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world’s problems. Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma? In clear and urgent prose, Myint-U explores this question—a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world—warning of the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change.
Imagining The Buddhist Ecumene In Myanmar
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Author : Daniel P. Murphree
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Imagining The Buddhist Ecumene In Myanmar written by Daniel P. Murphree and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Buddhism and state categories.
This paper argues that the model of an "Ecumene" will aid external interpretation of the Myanmar political process, including the beliefs of its leaders and constituents, the Bamar. Myanmar as Ecumene better articulates Bama constructions of society, including governance, in that it resituates the political process as a Buddhist enterprise, shifting "Buddhist nationalism" to an imagined "Nation of Buddhists." It also provides the rationale for othering of religious minorities, such as the Muslim Rohingya or the Christian Chin. Utilizing ethnographic, historical, and textual source material, I show how the Bamar of Myanmar understand their relationship with the State, with one another, and with minority groups primarily through Buddhist modes of kingship and belonging. The right to rule is negotiated through the concept of "moral authority." This dhamma sphere exists as a space to contest power legitimation, but requires the use of Buddhist textual and historical concepts provided in the dhammarāja or Cakkavattin model of Buddhist kingship, The Ten Virtues, the Jātakas, and the historical figures of Aśoka and Anawrahta. In order to do this, this paper develops a rubric for interpreting what a dhammarāja does. This has not been done before and will allow the reader the ability to evaluate whether or not any given government in Myanmar is operating according to a dhammarāja tradition. Based on the rubric provided and source materials, this paper concludes that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, presumed leader of Myanmar, imagines herself a Buddhist dhammarāja and the leader of a Buddhist Ecumene. The Bamar are concerned about the decline of dhamma and the retraction of a Buddhist land, and this concern provides a basis of support and concern for the current regime.
Imagining Democracy
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Author : William A. Callahan
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 1998
Imagining Democracy written by William A. Callahan and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.
This book is a collection of stories about the events of May 1992, which were told as part of a wide discussion and debate about "democracy" in Thailand. It was not written as a search for the essential truth about the May massacre as to see how these discourses shape our understanding of the workings of politics -- and thus produce truths about Thai politics. The author argues that much of the meaning of the stories comes not from the facts themselves, but from the discursive economies of the text, how the text was produced and exchanged as a social activity. This narrative approach to Thai politics is timely because the events of May 1992 were the first popular movement to follow the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which in turn constituted a crisis for social science that relied so heavily on the bipolar methodology that attended the bipolar world-view of the Cold War.
Among Pagodas And Fair Ladies
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Author : Gwendolen Trench Gascoigne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Among Pagodas And Fair Ladies written by Gwendolen Trench Gascoigne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Burma categories.
Into The East
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Author : Richard Curle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
Into The East written by Richard Curle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Burma categories.
Bengalis In Burma
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Author : Parthasarathi Bhaumik
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-11-29
Bengalis In Burma written by Parthasarathi Bhaumik and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with History categories.
Bengalis in Burma looks at Bengali migrations and settlements in Burma from 1886 until the end of the British rule in Burma in 1948. As a result of British colonial policies, thousands of Bengalis from various classes and places in Bengal migrated to Burma and established Bengali communities in different parts of the country. The book provides a study of a vast body of Bangla writings on Burma written during this period by the Bengalis, a majority of whom went to Burma in various capacities and with various objectives. It takes note of a complex network of power, subjugation, and resistance which is integrally related to these acts of representation in Bangla textual discourses. Drawing on stories, political discussions in Bangla journals, unknown autobiographies, travelogues, and uncelebrated poems, it explores the ways contemporary Bengalis looked at Burma for various reasons and wondered about their locations within colonial systems. An important contribution to the study of South Asia, the book brings forth issues of representation, colonial knowledge system, and modernity. It will be of interest to students and researchers of history, literature, migration studies, colonialism, and South Asian studies.
The Mists Of R Ma A
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Author : Michael A. Aung-Thwin
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2017-04-01
The Mists Of R Ma A written by Michael A. Aung-Thwin and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-01 with History categories.
Scholars have long accepted the belief that a Theravada Buddhist Mon kingdom, Rāmaññadesa, flourished in coastal Lower Burma until it was conquered in 1057 by King Aniruddha of Pagan—which then became, in essence, the new custodian and repository of Mon culture in the Upper Burmese interior. This scenario, which Aung-Thwin calls the "Mon Paradigm," has circumscribed much of the scholarship on early Burma and significantly shaped the history of Southeast Asia for more than a century. Now, in a masterful reassessment of Burmese history, Michael Aung-Thwin reexamines the original contemporary accounts and sources without finding any evidence of an early Theravada Mon polity or a conquest by Aniruddha. The paradigm, he finds, cannot be sustained. How, when, and why did the Mon Paradigm emerge? Aung-Thwin meticulously traces the paradigm's creation to the merging of two temporally, causally, and contextually unrelated Mon and Burmese narratives, which were later synthesized in English by colonial officials and scholars. Thus there was no single originating source, only a late and mistaken conflation of sources. The conceptual, methodological, and empirical ramifications of these findings are significant. The prevalent view that state-formation began in the maritime regions of Southeast Asia with trade and commerce rather than in the interior with agriculture must now be reassessed. In addition, a more rigorous look at the actual scope and impact of a romanticized Mon culture in the region is required. Other issues important to the field of early Burma and Southeast Asian studies, including the process of "Indianization," the characterization of "classical" states, and the advent and spread of Theravada Buddhism, are also directly affected by Aung-Thwin’s work. Finally, it provides a geo-political, cultural, and economic alternative to what has become an ethnic interpretation of Burma’s history. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.
Picturesque Burma
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Author : Alice Marion Rowlands Hart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Picturesque Burma written by Alice Marion Rowlands Hart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Burma categories.