Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 15128
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781316659144
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107155695
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar is the first book to provide a broad overview of the ways in which Buddhist ideas have influenced political thinking and politics in Myanmar. It draws extensively on Burmese language sources from the last 150 years to describe the 'moral universe' of contemporary Theravada Buddhism that has anchored most political thought in Myanmar. The analysis was conducted over many years, involving field research in Myanmar and among Burmese communities in Thailand. It includes rare interviews with monks, scholars, political activists, and members of civil society groups.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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