Buddhismens Baksida - En fallstudie över Buddhistisk nationalism i Burma och Thailand
(2015) STVK02 20151Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Recent years has seen an increase in the support for the radical right all over Europe, Sweden not excluded. The debate has ranged from the dangers of islamization, to the slightly more philosophic question as to who is to be part of the nation. However, at the other side of the world, another form of nationalism, one seldom discussed, is seemingly growing in strength and consequences – the Buddhist nationalism of Southeast Asia.
The following study is a case study set at exploring the Buddhist nationalism in Burma and Thailand, with the ambition to map out the phenomenon and explain its allure and its often violent effects. History, politics and culture have been analysed with nationalist theory and the concept of ontological security,... (More) - Recent years has seen an increase in the support for the radical right all over Europe, Sweden not excluded. The debate has ranged from the dangers of islamization, to the slightly more philosophic question as to who is to be part of the nation. However, at the other side of the world, another form of nationalism, one seldom discussed, is seemingly growing in strength and consequences – the Buddhist nationalism of Southeast Asia.
The following study is a case study set at exploring the Buddhist nationalism in Burma and Thailand, with the ambition to map out the phenomenon and explain its allure and its often violent effects. History, politics and culture have been analysed with nationalist theory and the concept of ontological security, leading to the findings that Buddhism has become wholeheartedly incorporated in the notion of the nation itself. The fear of loosing the one thing stable in society, Buddhism, in combination with the authorities use of minorities as scapegoats for the problems in the countries, has led to clashes between the majority Buddhist populations and the minority groups of different faith and culture. (Less)
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- author
- Isaksson, Arvid LU
- supervisor
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- Ted Svensson LU
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Culture, Violence, Religious Nationalism, Ontological Security, Rohingya, Buddhism, Nationalism, Thailand, Myanmar, Burma
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 7758801
- date added to LUP
- 2015-09-09 16:30:11
- date last changed
- 2015-09-09 16:30:11
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abstract = {{Recent years has seen an increase in the support for the radical right all over Europe, Sweden not excluded. The debate has ranged from the dangers of islamization, to the slightly more philosophic question as to who is to be part of the nation. However, at the other side of the world, another form of nationalism, one seldom discussed, is seemingly growing in strength and consequences – the Buddhist nationalism of Southeast Asia.
The following study is a case study set at exploring the Buddhist nationalism in Burma and Thailand, with the ambition to map out the phenomenon and explain its allure and its often violent effects. History, politics and culture have been analysed with nationalist theory and the concept of ontological security, leading to the findings that Buddhism has become wholeheartedly incorporated in the notion of the nation itself. The fear of loosing the one thing stable in society, Buddhism, in combination with the authorities use of minorities as scapegoats for the problems in the countries, has led to clashes between the majority Buddhist populations and the minority groups of different faith and culture.}},
author = {{Isaksson, Arvid}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Buddhismens Baksida - En fallstudie över Buddhistisk nationalism i Burma och Thailand}},
year = {{2015}},
}