Titre :	Buddhism and Politics in Thailand
Auteurs :	Arnaud Dubus, Auteur
Editeur :	IRASEC, 2018
Collection :	Carnets de l'Irasec
Importance :	212 pages
Présentation :	ill., couv. ill. en coul.
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Résumé :	Despite the often-repeated assertion that Buddhism and politics are, or at least must be, separate matters, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with politics one way or another since the Buddha’s time. In Thailand, Buddhism has been used since the end of the 19th century as a tool to legitimate state power. In the following decades, it has been progressively centralized under a national hierarchy, which is still existing today. This scheme was not altered after the change of the country’s political framework in 1932 and political tensions with the sangha came to the fore during the political troubles of the 1970s. The emergence of an increasing political divide in Thailand since the mid-2000s, around two broad groups which have been dubbed the Yellow Shirts and the Red Shirts, has engulfed the monastic community, leading to a growing activism by some Buddhist groups, some temples and some monks.
Catégories :	Bouddhisme Politique Thaïlande
Index. décimale :	959.3 Thailande
Genre :	Essai
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Buddhism and Politics in Thailand [texte imprimé] / Arnaud Dubus, Auteur . - [S.l.] : IRASEC, 2018 . - 212 pages : ill., couv. ill. en coul.. - (Carnets de l'Irasec) .
ISBN : 978-616-7571-32-4
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Résumé :	Despite the often-repeated assertion that Buddhism and politics are, or at least must be, separate matters, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with politics one way or another since the Buddha’s time. In Thailand, Buddhism has been used since the end of the 19th century as a tool to legitimate state power. In the following decades, it has been progressively centralized under a national hierarchy, which is still existing today. This scheme was not altered after the change of the country’s political framework in 1932 and political tensions with the sangha came to the fore during the political troubles of the 1970s. The emergence of an increasing political divide in Thailand since the mid-2000s, around two broad groups which have been dubbed the Yellow Shirts and the Red Shirts, has engulfed the monastic community, leading to a growing activism by some Buddhist groups, some temples and some monks.
Catégories :	Bouddhisme Politique Thaïlande
Index. décimale :	959.3 Thailande
Genre :	Essai
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