Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Language and Usage
- Introduction
- 1 A Brief Political History and Cast of Characters
- 2 Building Blocks of a Moral Universe
- 3 On Human Nature and the Nature of Politics
- 4 Order and Freedom/Liberation: Purposes of Politics
- 5 What is “Politics” and What Constitutes “Participation”?
- 6 Discipline, Rights, and Morality: “Democracy” in Contemporary Myanmar
- Conclusion
- Appendix Glossary of Burmese and Buddhist Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2016
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Language and Usage
- Introduction
- 1 A Brief Political History and Cast of Characters
- 2 Building Blocks of a Moral Universe
- 3 On Human Nature and the Nature of Politics
- 4 Order and Freedom/Liberation: Purposes of Politics
- 5 What is “Politics” and What Constitutes “Participation”?
- 6 Discipline, Rights, and Morality: “Democracy” in Contemporary Myanmar
- Conclusion
- Appendix Glossary of Burmese and Buddhist Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar , pp. 221 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016