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POWERFUL LEARNING
BUDDHIST LITERATI AND THE THRONE IN BURMA'S LAST DYNASTY, 1752-1885 |
| By: |
Michael W. Charney |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£44.95 |
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£44.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0891480935 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780891480938 |
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| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2006 |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
Challenges the notion of the court and the monastic order as static institutions by examining how competition within and between them prompted major rethinking about the intellectual foundations of indigenous society and culture. |
| Synopsis: |
"Powerful Learning" challenges the notion of the court and the monastic order as static institutions by examining how competition within and between them prompted major rethinking about the intellectual foundations of indigenous society and culture. The catalyst for this reformation of indigenous thought was the rise of a small clique of Buddhist monks and lay people from the frontier to commanding positions in the state and monastic order over the course of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This clique had a major influence on the creation of state myths, the ways in which the throne ruled and presented itself, and, ultimately, the relationship between the throne and the state. The new state and monastic orthodoxy, however, was challenged by other Burmese literati, who, over the course of the nineteenth century, sought in Western science, technology, and political theory other ways in which to shape Burmese perspectives on state and society. In the process, the Burmese underwent a difficult transition from premodern to modern intellectual thought, one that helped usher in British rule. |
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10 figures |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Michigan, Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies |
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Returnable |
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