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008			160513s2016 nyu ob s001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781438460901 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aJQ1746 _b.T435 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aJory, Patrick, _e1
245	1	0	_aThailand's theory of monarchy : _bthe Vessantara Jataka and the idea of the perfect man / _cPatrick Jory.
260			_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource.
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505	0	0	_aThe Vessantara Jataka as a performative text -- _tThe Vessantara Jataka and early state formation -- _tA Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as bodhisatta -- _tThe colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy -- _tThai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism -- _tFrom jatakas to Thai folktales -- _tConclusion : the modern Vessantara.
520	0		_a"Discusses the origins and cultural history of the Theravada Buddhist ideals behind the Thai institution of monarchy. Since the 2006 coup d'etat, Thailand has been riven by two opposing political visions: one which aspires to a modern democracy and the rule of law, and another which holds to the traditional conception of a kingdom ruled by an exemplary Buddhist monarch. Thailand has one of the world's largest populations of observant Buddhists and one of its last politically active monarchies. This book examines the Theravada Buddhist foundations of Thailand's longstanding institution of monarchy. Patrick Jory states that the storehouse of monarchical ideology is to be found in the popular literary genre known as the Jatakas, tales of the Buddha's past lives. The best-known of these, the Vessantara Jataka, disseminated an ideal of an infinitely compassionate prince as a bodhisatta or future Buddha--an ideal which remains influential in Thailand today. Using primary and secondary source materials largely unknown in Western scholarship, Jory traces the history of the Vessantara Jataka and its political-cultural importance from the ancient to the modern period. Although pressures from European colonial powers and Buddhist reformers led eventually to a revised political conception of the monarchy, the older Buddhist ideal of kingship has yet endured. Patrick Jory is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Queensland and the editor of Ghosts of the Past in Southern Thailand: Essays on the History and Historiography of Patani"--Provided by publisher.
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630	0	0	_aTipiṭaka. _pSuttapiṭaka. _pKhuddakanikāya. _pJātaka. _pVessantarajātaka.
650		0	_aMonarchy _zThailand _xHistory.
650		0	_aBuddhism and state _zThailand _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1237184&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell