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World Conqueror and World Renouncer
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S. J. Tambiah
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November 10 2010
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August 27 1976
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Book chapters
pp. 3
Introduction: Reconstructing a Journey
pp. 9
From Rajadharma (the King's “Whole Duty”) to Dharmaraja (the “Righteous Ruler”)
pp. 19
The Brahmanical Theory of Society and Kingship
pp. 32
The Early Buddhist Conception of World Process, Dharma, and Kingship
pp. 54
Asoka Maurya: The Paradigm
pp. 73
Thai Kingship and Polity in Historical Perspective
pp. 102
The Galactic Polity
pp. 132
The Kingdom of Ayutthaya: Design and Process
pp. 159
Asokan and Sinhalese Traditions Concerning the Purification of the Sangha
pp. 179
The Sangha and the Polity: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok
pp. 200
The Nineteenth-Century Achievements of Religion and Sangha
pp. 230
The Sangha Acts of 1902, 1941, and 1963
pp. 265
The Composition and Distribution of Religious Personnel: What the Figures Say
pp. 288
Monkhood as an Avenue of Social Mobility
pp. 313
Monastic Careers and Monastic Network
pp. 365
Patronage of the Sangha and the Legitimation of the Polity
pp. 401
Reformism and Ideological Transformation Based on Tradition
pp. 434
Missionary Monks (Thammathud) and National Development
pp. 472
The Politics of National Development and the Symbols of Legitimacy
pp. 515
Dialectical Tensions, Continuities, Transformations, and the Uses of the Past
pp. 531
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