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
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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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Current as of: February 2, 2004
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