World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand Against a Historical Background

S. J. (Stanley Jeyaraja) Tambiah

ISBN 10: 0521211409 / ISBN 13: 9780521211406

Published by Cambridge, London, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1976

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Condition Notes: Dust wrapper lightly sunned at the spine. First edition (first printing). Dust wrapper over Orange boards with Gilt titles to the Spine) Physically 9¼" x 6¼" (1.2 kg); (viii) 557pp; Index; Bibliography; In the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology series; Number 15 in the series. Contains: Diagrams; Tables; ISBN: 0521211409 || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #185263 ||. Seller Inventory # 185263

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Title: World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study...

Publisher: Cambridge, London, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

World Conqueror and World Renouncer is the first comprehensive and authoritative work on the relationship between Buddhism and the polity (political organization) in Thailand. The book conveys the historical background necessary for full comprehension of the contemporary structural relationship between Buddhism, the sangha (monastic order), and the polity, including the historic institution of kingship. Professor Tambiah delineates the overall relationship, as postulated in early Buddhism, between the monk's otherworldly quest on one side and the this-worldly ordinating role of the monarchy on the other. He also examines the complementary and dialectical tensions that occur in this classical relationship, the king's duty to both protect and purify the sangha being a notable example.

Book Description:

World Conqueror and World Renouncer is the first comprehensive and authoritative work on the relationship between Buddhism and the polity (political organization) in Thailand.