World Conqueror and World Renouncer by S J Tambiah

World Conqueror and World Renouncer by S J Tambiah

World Conqueror and World Renouncer is the first comprehensive and authoritative work on the relationship between Buddhism and the polity (political organization) in Thailand. The book conveys the historical background necessary for full comprehension of the contemporary structural relationship between Buddhism, the sangha (monastic order), and the polity, including the historic institution of kingship. Professor Tambiah delineates the overall relationship, as postulated in early Buddhism, between the monk's otherworldly quest on one side and the this-worldly ordinating role of the monarchy on the other. He also examines the complementary and dialectical tensions that occur in this classical relationship, the king's duty to both protect and purify the sangha being a notable example.

FELICITY AULINO is a PhD candidate in Harvard University's Department of Anthropology.

MIRIAM GOHEEN is Professor of Anthropology-Sociology and Black Studies at Amherst College and editor of The African Studies Review. Her publications include Men Own the Fields, Women Own the Crops: Gender and Power in the Cameroon Highlands.

STANLEY J. TAMBIAH is Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor (Emeritus) of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is the author of ten books, including Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia.

MICHAEL M.J. FISCHER is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies at MIT. Among his most recent books is Dispersed Knowledges: Persian Poesis in the Transnational Circuitry.

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ISBN 13	9780521292900
ISBN 10	0521292905
Title	World Conqueror and World Renouncer
Author	S J Tambiah
Series	Cambridge Studies In Social And Cultural Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1977-11-30
Number of pages	568
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