 |


|
 |
Item Details
Title:
|
BUDDHISM AND POSTMODERN IMAGININGS IN THAILAND
THE RELIGIOSITY OF URBAN SPACE |
By: |
James Taylor |
Format: |
Hardback |

List price:
|
£150.00 |
Our price: |
£135.00 |
Discount: |
|
You save:
|
£15.00 |
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0754662470 |
ISBN 13: |
9780754662471 |
Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
Delivery
rates
|
Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
28 November, 2008 |
Pages: |
252 |
Description: |
Discusses the significance of Thai Buddhism in a post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity'; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and social formations, this book opens up possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life. |
Synopsis: |
This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity'; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity. Changes in the centre are also reverberating in the remaining forests and the monastic tradition of forest-dwelling which has sourced most of the nation's modern saints. The text is based on ethnography taking into account the rich variety of everyday practices in a melange of the religious. In Thailand, Buddhism is so intimately interconnected with national identity and social, economic and ethno-political concerns as to be inseparable. Taylor argues here that in recent years there has been a marked reformulation of important conventional cosmologies through new and challenging Buddhist ideas and practices.These influences and changes are as much located outside as inside the Buddhist temples/monasteries. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |


|

|

|

|

|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.

|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...

|

|

|
|
 |