Thailand's Buddhist Kingship in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Power, Influence and Rites

ISBN-13: 9781032045559 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 278 str.

Marie-Sybille (National Institute for Oriental Languages and

Opis

Based on extensive fieldwork, together with documentary and media analysis, this volume presents an account of the Buddhist monarchy in Thailand over the last century, offering a sociology of elites, an analysis of the economic influence of the Crown and an examination of the magic and ritual dimension of kingship.

Spis treści

Part I: Notions of ‘Kingship’ and ‘Monarchy’  1. The Setbacks and Misfortunes of Kingship  2. About Kingship in a Tai Context  Part II: Chakri Kingship: In Between Tradition, Nation and Constitution  3. The Modernisation of Siamese Kingship and Its Ups And Downs, 1826-1945  4. Kingship Restoration in The Wake of Urbanisation (1946-1988)  5. The Tentative Merging of Kingship and Democracy (1988-2006)  6. Institutional Melt-Down (2006-2020)  Part III: The Crown as Stabilizer?  7. The Privy Council: Its Articulation with Power  8. Royal Finances and Parami  9. Royal Symbolism and Popular Acknowledgement  Part IV: Eschatological Anguish, Institutional Unravelling and Royal Advent  10. Mounting Frustration  11. From Eschatological Anguish at The End of the 9th Reign to Chaos  12. Implosion of Consensus  Conclusion  Appendix A: Lexicon of the Main Siamese, Sanskrit, and Pali Terms  Appendix B: Thematic Bibliography

O autorze

Marie-Sybille de Vienne is Professor of Southeast Asian Politics at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France, member of the French Academy for Overseas Science and the author of Brunei, From the Age of Commerce to the 21^st Century.