Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power

by Gravers; Mikael

• ISBN13: 9780700709809
• ISBN10: 0700709800
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-14
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Table of Contents

Preface to the 1993 Edition	vii
Preface to the 1999 Edition	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
Abbreviations	xv
Introduction	1	(3)
The Colonial Club: `Natives Not Admitted!'	4	(4)
The Violent `Pacification' of Burma	8	(5)
Buddhist Cosmology and Political Power	13	(6)
The Colonisation of Burmese Identity	19	(12)
Buddhism, Xenophobia and Rebellion in the 1930s	31	(10)
Two Versions of Nationalism: Union State or Ethnicism	41	(12)
Buddhism and Military Power: Two Different Strategies - Two Different Thakins	53	(14)
Ne Win's Club	67	(6)
Aung San Suu Kyi's Strategy	73	(5)
Nationalism as the Practice of Power	78	(5)
The Rules of the Myanmar Club since 1993	83	(2)
Buddhism and the Religious Divide among the Karen	85	(10)
U Thuzana and Vegan Buddhism	95	(4)
Buddhism, Prophecies and Rebellion	99	(13)
Autocracy and Nationalism	112	(10)
Historicism, Historical Memory and Power	122	(7)
A Final Word - But No Conclusion	129	(12)
Epilogue	136	(5)
Appendix 1: Theoretical Concepts	141	(6)
Appendix 2: Karen Organisations	147	(2)
Glossary	149	(4)
Bibliography	153	(11)
Index	164