The Theravada Buddhist engagement with modernity in Southeast Asia: whither the social paradigm of the galactic polity?

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Rationalizing influences of colonialism and modernity initiated far-reaching change in the conceptual and social orders of Theravada Buddhist societies of Southeast Asia. Certain contemporary Buddhist movements, best documented in Thailand, advocate visions of community, the nation-state, and religious ethics that transcend traditional cultural orders such as cosmological Buddhism and the associated galactic polity.

Introduction

In the Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia, that is Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and, to some extent, Vietnam, the articulation of secular and religious ...

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