Martin Stuart-Fox
Biographic Data
| ID | 542162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Stuart-Fox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Stuart-Fox |
| SIGNATURE | STUART-FOX M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Queensland , Brisbane |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Forsaken Causes: Liberal Democracy and Anticommunism in Cold War Laos, by Ryan Wolfson-Ford
Laos: The Chinese Connection
The title of my first contribution to Southeast Asian Affairs in 1980 was “Laos: The Vietnamese Connection”. A great deal has happened in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) over the past three decades, both internally, and in its relations with its neighbours. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is still in power, but it is a party riven by ambition and greed. The country is wealthier than it was thirty years ago; but the urban-r…
Laos: Politics in a Single-party State
In the nominally Marxist-Leninist Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), whose political institutions are modelled on those of the former Soviet Union, the most important events of the political calendar are the congresses of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). These congresses take place only every five years, and 2006 was such a year. Party congresses provide opportunities both for the nomination of a new political leadership,…
The Dvaravati “Buddha on a Monster” Stelae: A Possible Interpretation
Providing convincing explanations for objects that are unique to Dvaravati is particularly challenging given that our knowledge of the polity is sketchy to say the least. One particularly fascinating group of such objects comprises a number of stelae depicting the Buddha apparently standing on the head of some beast or “monster”. The central Buddha figure is usually flanked by two gods, probably Indra and Brahma, or two bodhisattva s, or just two…
The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance: Laos since 1975
Communist revolutions in this century have suppressed existing ritual and symbolic structures and invented new ones. Armed with new flags, new national celebrations, or new school textbooks, they have attempted to reconstruct social memory. This fascinating work of political anthropology examines the case of Laos from the heady days of the 1975 revolution to the more sober post-socialist present. Grant Evans traces the attempt at ritual and symbo…
Laos in 1997: Into Asean
Membership in ASEAN will have a long-term effect on the direction of Laos's economic development. Laos has been given until 2008 to meet ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) requirements to reduce tariffs on most goods to below 5%. This should encourage both trade and investment but will force the government to introduce fiscal reforms to make up for the 20% of total revenue it currently derives from tariffs. Laos will also become more fully integrated w…
A History of Laos
The French in Laos, 1887-1945
Laos constituted one of the five territorial entities making up French Indochina-comprising in addition the colony of Cochinchina and the protectorates of Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia. It was never, however, one among equals. Even before the annexation of Lao territories east of the Mekong river in 1893, Laos was perceived as little more than an extension of Vietnam west towards Siam (Thailand), a much more significant potential prize. The addition…
Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness
On the Writing of Lao History: Continuities and Discontinuities
The writing of Lao history presents peculiar problems, not because of the quantity and quality of sources available (though these leave much to be desired for certain periods), but because of the difficulty in deciding what is meant by “Lao history”. There is a problem in identifying the object of study. Is Lao history the history of those territories inhabited by ethnic Lao, or of the state of Laos as it has existed at various times under variou…
Historical Dictionary of Laos
This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Laos takes a more thorough look at the early history of Laos along with a more comprehensive survey of the social, economic, cultural and religious phenomena that characterize this small Asian country. In addition, the evolution of Laos as a nation, and its relations with other states, are given special attention
"Response to Lou Nordstrom's Review of "The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism
Roderick Bucknell, Martin Stuart-Fox, Response to Lou Nordstrom's Review of "The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism", Philosophy East and West, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr., 1989), pp. 191-196
The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism
Meditation and symbolism the twilight language in historical context concentration insight meditation the three knowledges the five symbolic groups the mandala and cakras doctrinal and historical implications
Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions
Research Article| January 01 1989 Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions Martin Stuart-Fox Martin Stuart-Fox Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1960) 29 (1): 81–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644519 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Ci…
The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism
Laos: Politics, Economics and Society
Apprentice Revolutionaries: The Communist Movement in Laos, 1930-1985
Laos in 1985: Time to Take Stock
The Murderous Revolution. Life and Death in Pol Pot's Kampuchea
This is a first-hand account of life under the brutality and terror of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia, as told and also sketched by a survivor of those years, a student of fine art
Contemporary Laos. Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
On Theory of History and Its Context of Discovery
Marxism and Theravada Buddhism: The Legitimation of Political Authority in Laos
JAOS AND KAMPUCHEA were the first countries whose traditional L religion was Theravada Buddhism to adopt forms of MarxismLeninism as their governing ideology. In Kampuchea, the regime of Pol Pot imposed its own peculiar form of Marxism through the ruthless suppression of Buddhism, which involved the destruction of monasteries and temples, and the forced secularization or murder of monks.' In Laos, the transition has been more gradual: Buddhism ha…
Laos in 1981: Economic Prospects and Problems
Construcción socialista y seguridad nacional en Laos
Politicization of the Buddhist Sangha in Laos
Theravada Buddhism as the traditional religion of the dominant ethnic Lao majority in Laos historically has played a key role in structuring Lao society and in assuring the continuity of Lao culture. Though the dhamma (the Buddha's teaching) may be only superficially understood and practised by most of the lay population, Buddhism has provided a set of moral values and a view of life which have strongly influenced modes of thought and action over…
A History of Laos
The French in Laos, 1887-1945
Laos constituted one of the five territorial entities making up French Indochina-comprising in addition the colony of Cochinchina and the protectorates of Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia. It was never, however, one among equals. Even before the annexation of Lao territories east of the Mekong river in 1893, Laos was perceived as little more than an extension of Vietnam west towards Siam (Thailand), a much more significant potential prize. The addition…
Politicization of the Buddhist Sangha in Laos
Theravada Buddhism as the traditional religion of the dominant ethnic Lao majority in Laos historically has played a key role in structuring Lao society and in assuring the continuity of Lao culture. Though the dhamma (the Buddha's teaching) may be only superficially understood and practised by most of the lay population, Buddhism has provided a set of moral values and a view of life which have strongly influenced modes of thought and action over…
Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions
Research Article| January 01 1989 Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions Martin Stuart-Fox Martin Stuart-Fox Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1960) 29 (1): 81–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644519 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Ci…
On the Writing of Lao History: Continuities and Discontinuities
The writing of Lao history presents peculiar problems, not because of the quantity and quality of sources available (though these leave much to be desired for certain periods), but because of the difficulty in deciding what is meant by “Lao history”. There is a problem in identifying the object of study. Is Lao history the history of those territories inhabited by ethnic Lao, or of the state of Laos as it has existed at various times under variou…
The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance: Laos since 1975
Communist revolutions in this century have suppressed existing ritual and symbolic structures and invented new ones. Armed with new flags, new national celebrations, or new school textbooks, they have attempted to reconstruct social memory. This fascinating work of political anthropology examines the case of Laos from the heady days of the 1975 revolution to the more sober post-socialist present. Grant Evans traces the attempt at ritual and symbo…
Marxism and Theravada Buddhism: The Legitimation of Political Authority in Laos
JAOS AND KAMPUCHEA were the first countries whose traditional L religion was Theravada Buddhism to adopt forms of MarxismLeninism as their governing ideology. In Kampuchea, the regime of Pol Pot imposed its own peculiar form of Marxism through the ruthless suppression of Buddhism, which involved the destruction of monasteries and temples, and the forced secularization or murder of monks.' In Laos, the transition has been more gradual: Buddhism ha…
Factors Influencing Relations between the Communist Parties of Thailand and Laos
Research Article| April 01 1979 Factors Influencing Relations between the Communist Parties of Thailand and Laos Martin Stuart-Fox Martin Stuart-Fox Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1950) 19 (4): 333–352. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643855 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Per…
Lao foreign policy: The view from Vientiane
Factors Influencing Relations between the Communist Parties of Thailand and Laos
Research Article| April 01 1979 Factors Influencing Relations between the Communist Parties of Thailand and Laos Martin Stuart-Fox Martin Stuart-Fox Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1950) 19 (4): 333–352. https://doi.org/10.2307/2643855 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Per…
Socialist construction and national security in Laos
As the poorest country in Asia (with the current exception of Kampuchea), Laos faces peculiar problems associated both with promoting economic development and with maintaining national security. Not only is Laos far less powerful by any criterion than any of its neighbors (again excluding at present Kampuchea), with a weak economic infrastructure and minimal industrial capacity, but its small population is deeply divided, both ethnically and cult…
Lao foreign policy: The view from Vientiane
Laos in 1981: Economic Prospects and Problems
Construcción socialista y seguridad nacional en Laos
Politicization of the Buddhist Sangha in Laos
Theravada Buddhism as the traditional religion of the dominant ethnic Lao majority in Laos historically has played a key role in structuring Lao society and in assuring the continuity of Lao culture. Though the dhamma (the Buddha's teaching) may be only superficially understood and practised by most of the lay population, Buddhism has provided a set of moral values and a view of life which have strongly influenced modes of thought and action over…
Notes on historical writing for all three worlds
On Theory of History and Its Context of Discovery
Marxism and Theravada Buddhism: The Legitimation of Political Authority in Laos
JAOS AND KAMPUCHEA were the first countries whose traditional L religion was Theravada Buddhism to adopt forms of MarxismLeninism as their governing ideology. In Kampuchea, the regime of Pol Pot imposed its own peculiar form of Marxism through the ruthless suppression of Buddhism, which involved the destruction of monasteries and temples, and the forced secularization or murder of monks.' In Laos, the transition has been more gradual: Buddhism ha…
Contemporary Laos. Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Laos in 1985: Time to Take Stock
The Murderous Revolution. Life and Death in Pol Pot's Kampuchea
This is a first-hand account of life under the brutality and terror of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia, as told and also sketched by a survivor of those years, a student of fine art
Apprentice Revolutionaries: The Communist Movement in Laos, 1930-1985
Laos: Politics, Economics and Society
"Response to Lou Nordstrom's Review of "The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism
Roderick Bucknell, Martin Stuart-Fox, Response to Lou Nordstrom's Review of "The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism", Philosophy East and West, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr., 1989), pp. 191-196
The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism
Meditation and symbolism the twilight language in historical context concentration insight meditation the three knowledges the five symbolic groups the mandala and cakras doctrinal and historical implications
Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions
Research Article| January 01 1989 Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions Martin Stuart-Fox Martin Stuart-Fox Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1960) 29 (1): 81–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644519 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Ci…
The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism
On the Writing of Lao History: Continuities and Discontinuities
The writing of Lao history presents peculiar problems, not because of the quantity and quality of sources available (though these leave much to be desired for certain periods), but because of the difficulty in deciding what is meant by “Lao history”. There is a problem in identifying the object of study. Is Lao history the history of those territories inhabited by ethnic Lao, or of the state of Laos as it has existed at various times under variou…
Historical Dictionary of Laos
This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Laos takes a more thorough look at the early history of Laos along with a more comprehensive survey of the social, economic, cultural and religious phenomena that characterize this small Asian country. In addition, the evolution of Laos as a nation, and its relations with other states, are given special attention
The French in Laos, 1887-1945
Laos constituted one of the five territorial entities making up French Indochina-comprising in addition the colony of Cochinchina and the protectorates of Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia. It was never, however, one among equals. Even before the annexation of Lao territories east of the Mekong river in 1893, Laos was perceived as little more than an extension of Vietnam west towards Siam (Thailand), a much more significant potential prize. The addition…
Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness
A History of Laos
Laos in 1997: Into Asean
Membership in ASEAN will have a long-term effect on the direction of Laos's economic development. Laos has been given until 2008 to meet ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) requirements to reduce tariffs on most goods to below 5%. This should encourage both trade and investment but will force the government to introduce fiscal reforms to make up for the 20% of total revenue it currently derives from tariffs. Laos will also become more fully integrated w…
The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance: Laos since 1975
Communist revolutions in this century have suppressed existing ritual and symbolic structures and invented new ones. Armed with new flags, new national celebrations, or new school textbooks, they have attempted to reconstruct social memory. This fascinating work of political anthropology examines the case of Laos from the heady days of the 1975 revolution to the more sober post-socialist present. Grant Evans traces the attempt at ritual and symbo…
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