Yuan Phai The Defeat Of Lanna
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Yuan Phai The Defeat Of Lanna
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Author : Christopher John Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Yuan Phai The Defeat Of Lanna written by Christopher John Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Fiction categories.
Written after a battle fought in approximately 1475, this poem may be the oldest work of literature from Siam. It features the earliest and most detailed description of a Siamese army, the most elaborate eulogy of an early Thai monarch, and a fascinating discussion of the concept of loyalty. Scenes of personal treachery, heroism, combat, and looting after victory give an absorbing image of early Siam. This translation shares the poem--esteemed in Thailand for its historical and literary importance--with a wider audience. Blank verse conveys the rhythm and atmosphere of the original, and annotations explain obscure words and concepts. An afterword analyzes form, content, and the poem's literary and historical significance.
Military Thought Of Asia
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Author : Kaushik Roy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-11-04
Military Thought Of Asia written by Kaushik Roy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-04 with History categories.
Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present. The volume takes a transcontinental and comparative approach to provide a broad overview of the evolution of military thought in Asia. The military traditions and theories which have emerged in different parts of Eurasia throughout history are products of geopolitics and unique to the different regions. The book considers the systematic and tight representation of ideas by famous figures including Kautlya and Sun Tzu. At the same time, it also highlights publications on military affairs by small men like mid-ranking officers and scattered ideas regarding the origin, nature and societal impact of organised violence present in miscellaneous sources like coins, inscriptions, paintings and fictional literature. In so doing, the book fills a historiographical gap in scholarship on military thought, which marginalises Asia to the part of cameo, and historicises the evolution of theory and the praxis of warfare. The volume shows that the ‘East’ has a long unbroken tradition of conceptualising war and its place in society from the Classical Era to the Information Age. It is essential reading for those interested in the evolution of military thought throughout history, particularly in Asia.
Holy Things
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Author : Nathan McGovern
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024
Holy Things written by Nathan McGovern and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Religion categories.
A common religious practice in Buddhist Thailand is asking "holy things" for help in return for an offering. These holy things include local spirits, Hindu gods, and famous Buddha images, which Thai people worship all in the same way. Some people, and even Thai Buddhists themselves, have argued that this is "syncretism"--a mixture of religions. Holy Things shows that what appears to be syncretism is actually an illusion. The worship of "holy things" is not a mixture of different religions, but the category of "holy things" is a mixture of different ways of talking about religion.
Unearthly Powers
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Author : Alan Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21
Unearthly Powers written by Alan Strathern and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with History categories.
This ground-breaking study sets out a new understanding of transformations in the interaction between religion and political authority throughout history.
A History Of Ayutthaya
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Author : Chris Baker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-11
A History Of Ayutthaya written by Chris Baker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with History categories.
The first full history of a great commercial and political center that rose in Asia over almost five centuries.
Yuan Phai Khlong Dan
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Author : Peter M. Hirsekorn
language : de
Publisher: TWENTYSIX
Release Date : 2018-09-10
Yuan Phai Khlong Dan written by Peter M. Hirsekorn and has been published by TWENTYSIX this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-10 with Poetry categories.
Erstmalig in deutscher Sprache: Das komplette historische Poem aus dem 15. Jahrhundert. Yuan Phai, die Niederlage Lan Na Tais, ist eine der frühesten siamesischen literarischen Kompositionen und weist neben den Elementen aus Prosa und Poesie auch sakrale Inhalte sowie historische Fragmente auf. Verfasst wurde es in 1.200 Zeilen in einem Metrum, welches in Thailand als Elephanten-Fuß Khlong bekannt ist. Das Poem singt das Hohelied auf König Borommatrailokanat von Ayutthaya, dessen Regnum vom historiographischen Mainstream auf 1448-1488 datiert wird. Den dramaturgischen Höhepunkt des Ouvres bildet eine Schlacht in den Jahren 1474/75, vermutlich um Chiang Chün, dem antiken Vorläufer von Sri Satchanalai. Unstrittig zählt das Yuan Phai Khlong Dan zum Genre der literarischen Lobreden auf einen Herrscher und ist damit Bestandteil einer wichtigen Gattung der klassischen thailändischen Literatur. Das Poem ist aber auch ein militärisches Epos, welches die Geschichte einer Schlacht erzählt. Und erstaunlicherweise ist für die folgenden 300 Jahre kein weiteres Oeuvre dieses Genres bekannt. Weshalb entstand also dieses einzigartige Werk just zu diesem Zeitpunkt und welche Botschaft sollte es senden? Die Vermutung drängt sich auf, dass die Gründe verschiedener Natur waren. Unstrittig diente es dem König und seiner Entourage zur Selbstbestätigung und Erbauung bei den Festen am Hof. Es war aber auch sicherlich ein klares Signal nach innen, die absolutistische Stellung der herrschenden Dynastie im Allgemeinen und die König Borommatrailokanats im Besonderen nicht in Frage zu stellen. Insbesondere die administrativen und politischen Veränderungen im Rahmen der Reorganisation des Reiches dürfte zu Unruhen bei Teilen des Adels geführt haben. Auch außenpolitisch war das das Poem als beredtes Zeugnis für die militärische Macht Ayutthayas und seines Königs dienlich. Und, last but not least, der Nachwelt von seinem persönlichen Ruhm zu künden und damit in die Annalen der Geschichte als großer und tugendhafter Herrscher einzugehen, lag und liegt wohl in der DNA aller Herrschenden. Insofern hat das Yuan Phai Khlong Dan eine weitaus größere Bedeutung als das zu sein, was es ohne Zweifel auch ist: ein herausragendes literarisches Werk in der Tradition der Troubadourdichtung.
Tenggara
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Tenggara written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with English literature categories.
Indian Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Indian Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Indic literature categories.
Five Studies On Khun Chang Khun Phaen
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Author : Christopher John Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Five Studies On Khun Chang Khun Phaen written by Christopher John Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Literary Collections categories.
The first essay arise out of the crucible of Thailand's social upheaval and student protest movement in the early 1970's, when Thai literacy criticism was nascent. They argue that the tale shows a society without principle, and the characters reveal the latent aggression that resides universally in the human psyche. The remaining three essays originated a generation or more later. The third essay contends that the tale was designed to teach Buddhist morality by employing the Three Worlds cosmography and the law of karma. The fourth essay analyzes the forest as a metaphorical space for the recovery of selfhood, and the final essay examines the tale as a manual that gives crucial guidance on power and politics--
Pen And Sail
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Author : Nithi ʻĪeosīwong
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2005
Pen And Sail written by Nithi ʻĪeosīwong and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Nidhi Eoseewong is the most innovative, famed, and controversial Thai historian of his generation. This book founded his reputation and is the first of his major works to appear in English. On its publication in Thai, he was immediately hailed as "a major historian, the most capable of the present era." Pen and Sail combines intellectual history and economic history. Nidhi argues that the emergence of a market economy in the early Bangkok era (1782-1855) was the driving force behind a major change in mentality and worldview seen in poetry, early prose works, biographies of the Buddha, scripts for chanting the Jataka tales, language primers, manuals of behavior, and revisions of the royal chronicles. Nidhi Eoseewong's outstanding career as a historian and leading public intellectual was recognized by award of the prestigious Fukuoka Asia Prize in 2000.