3802 (v.5) Anthropology 316 - State and Society in Buddhist Southeast Asia


 

Area:Department of Social Sciences
Credits:50.0
Contact Hours:3.0
Lecture:1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):8572 (v.7) Anthropology 216 - State and Society in Buddhist Southeast Asia
Syllabus:State and society in Buddhist Southeast Asia. This unit aims to develop an understanding of Theravadin Buddhist societies in mainland Southeast Asia - mainly Thailand. Interrelationship between state, monarchy and religion. The practical and totalising implications of religious ideology, historical processes and everyday categories of thought and action, plus a major research paper.
 

 

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