Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand: The Religiosity of Urban Space

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Religion - 244 pages
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This work presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in a changing post-modern urban context. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity', James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity.
 

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Contents

Thailands
37
New Buddhism Copying and the Art of the Imagination
65
Buddhist CyberWorlds and Changing Urban Space
89
Nation Embodiment and the Charisma of a Thai Saint
109
Kammathaan Monks Tradition and Sites of Memory
133
Sanctification of Place Power and Mobility
169
ConclusionBeginning
193
Bibliography
205
Index
231
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About the author (2008)

Dr J.L.Taylor, author of Forest Monks and the Nation-State (1993) is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia. His research and work experiences are in critical theory and practice of planned culture change and the transformation of rural society, the development discourse and anthropology, ethno-ecology, and Thai Buddhism.

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Title Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand: The Religiosity of Urban Space
Author Jim Taylor
Publisher Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008
ISBN 0754662470, 9780754662471
Length 244 pages
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