Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power

ISBN-13: 9780896802551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 265 str.

Ingrid Jordt

Opis

Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country.