Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand

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Anthropological Forum '[This] book contains a wealth of useful and stimulating information, and Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand book appeal to anthropologists and religious studies specialists interested in Thailand and Southeast Asia, urban religion, religious commodification, and the Buddhist forest by: 2.

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.

This work presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in a changing post-modern urban context. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity', 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.

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.

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Jim Taylor has published a new book on Buddhism in Thailand. Here are the details from the publisher’s web-site (from which you can download Chapter 1): 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 Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand: the religiosity of urban space.

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SOPHORNTAVY VORNG. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious Diversity Author: Sophorntavy Vorng. "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 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.

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 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.

Contents: Thai Buddhism in postmodernity; Buddhist modernities, heresy and hybridization: Thailand's Thammakaai movement; New Buddhism: copying, and the art of the imagination; Buddhist cyber-worlds and changing urban space; Nation, embodiment, and the charisma of a Thai saint; Kammathaan monks, tradition and sites of memory; Sanctification of place, power and mobility.

Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand: the religiosity of urban space - By James Taylor June Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Sophorntavy VorngAuthor: Nicola Tannenbaum.

James Taylor, Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand: The religiosity of urban space, Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, Vermont, Ashgate. ISBN James Taylor, author of Forest monks and the nation-state () offers in his new book a range of perspectives and insights into scintillating and occasionally.

Get Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand: The PDF. This ebook provides a reconsider at the importance of Thai Buddhism in an more and more complicated and altering post-modern city context, in particular following the monetary hindrance of /5(37).

Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand: The Religiosity of Urban Space, by James Taylor. Follow us You can follow the JGB on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, Feedly, or RSS. Jim Taylor (), in his book Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand, focuses mainly on the concept of urban Buddhism and the postmodern religious experiences and practices of Bangkok's.

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Taylor.Released Book Review [Review of:] Taylor, James. Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand: the religiosity of urban space. vii, pp., Farnham, Burlington, Vt Author: Sophorntavy Vorng.Book Review Journal of Global Buddhism 10 (): - Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand: The Religiosity of Urban Space.

By James Taylor. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate,vii + pages, ISBN (hardcover) £