Online Courses Handbook 2003

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

Area:	School of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	50.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	8572 (v.7) Anthropology 216 - State and Society in Buddhist Southeast Asia
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.