Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand: The Religiosity of Urban Space 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. |
Contents
Thailands | 37 |
New Buddhism Copying and the Art of the Imagination | 65 |
Buddhist CyberWorlds and Changing Urban Space | 89 |
Nation Embodiment and the Charisma of a Thai Saint | 109 |
Kammathaan Monks Tradition and Sites of Memory | 133 |
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