Essays on Burma

Essays on Burma
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9789004658370
ISBN-13 : 9004658378
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Essays on Burma by : John P Ferguson

Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma

Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 0700709800
ISBN-13 : 9780700709809
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma by : Mikael Gravers

This study examines the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma, bringing us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781324003304
ISBN-13 : 1324003308
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by : Thant Myint-U

A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2019 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020 “An urgent book.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it suffered civil war, repression, and deep poverty. Today, Burma faces a mountain of challenges: crony capitalism, exploding inequality, rising ethnonationalism, extreme racial violence, climate change, multibillion dollar criminal networks, and the power of China next door. Thant Myint-U shows how the country’s past shapes its recent and almost unbelievable attempt to create a new democracy in the heart of Asia, and helps to answer the big questions: Can this multicultural country of 55 million succeed? And what does Burma’s story really tell us about the most critical issues of our time?

Dancing In Cambodia & Other Essays

Dancing In Cambodia & Other Essays
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Publisher : Penguin Books India
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9780143068723
ISBN-13 : 0143068725
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Dancing In Cambodia & Other Essays by : Amitav Ghosh

Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century

Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 0824828577
ISBN-13 : 9780824828578
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century by : Monique Skidmore

This is the first study in a half century of one of the least known societies in the contemporary world. Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century provides insight into the everyday lives, concerns, and values of the people of this reclusive nation. Prominent anthropologists and religion scholars with in-depth, long-term knowledge of central Burma offer detailed analyses of the ways in which Burmese actively manage and create lives for themselves in the shadow of a military dictatorship. Their research crosses the domains of religious, political, and social life, examining public festivals and performance, local-state relations, literary life, lottery frenzies, mass meditators, political rumors and black humor, the value of children, changing male identities, and more in this impressive, wide-ranging collection.

Champions of Buddhism

Champions of Buddhism
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Publisher : NUS Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9789971697808
ISBN-13 : 9971697807
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Champions of Buddhism by : Kate Crosby

Hidden at the margins of Burmese Buddhism and culture, the cults of the weikza shape Burmese culture by bringing together practices of supernatural power and a mission to protect Buddhism. This exciting new research on an often hidden aspect of Burmese religion places weikza in relation to the Vipassana insight meditation movement and conventional Buddhist practices, as well as the contemporary rise of Buddhist fundamentalism. Featuring research based on fieldwork only possible in recent years, paired with reflective essays by senior Buddhist studies scholars, this book situates the weikza cult in relation to broader Buddhist and Southeast Asian contexts, offering interpretations and investigations as rich and diverse as the Burmese expressions of the weikza cults themselves. Champions of Buddhism opens the field to new questions, new problems, and new connections with the study of religion and Southeast Asia in general.

Burmese Days

Burmese Days
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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9781667640556
ISBN-13 : 1667640550
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Burmese Days by : George Orwell

Burmese Days is George Orwell's first novel, originally published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of the British empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, the novel serves as a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj. At the center of the novel is John Flory, trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature. The novel deals with indigenous corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where natives peoples were viewed as interesting, but ultimately inferior. Includes a bibliography and brief bio of the author.

The Long Path to Wisdom

The Long Path to Wisdom
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Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781590519653
ISBN-13 : 1590519655
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Long Path to Wisdom by : Jan-Philipp Sendker

From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats comes this charming collection of folktales that offer a window into Burma’s fascinating history and culture. Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Some are so strange he couldn’t classify them or identify a familiar moral, while others reminded him of the fairy tales of his childhood, except that here monkeys, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles inhabited the fantastic lands instead of hedgehogs, donkeys, or geese. Their morals resemble those of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, illustrating how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths. The Long Path to Wisdom’s evocative stories run the gamut of human emotions, from the familiar to the shocking, and are sure to delight fans of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as those newly discovering the magic of Sendker’s incandescent writing.