Buddhist Heritage With(out) Borders
The Mahābodhi Temple in the Thai National Imagination and Cultural Practices
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 7973178 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Eszter Jakab (University of Lausanne, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Fascículo | 6 |
| Páginas | 783-801 |
| Data de publicação | 2025-08-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Political Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1462-317X • E-ISSN: 1743-1719 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1462317x.2024.2336359 |
| OpenAlex | W4394014138 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 23 |
This article seeks to examine Thailand’s involvement in the revival of Bodh Gayā, the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment during the twentieth century, and shed light on the motives and results stemming from Thai cultural practices. To this end, I will analyse the specific elements of Thai culture at the original site, primarily through the symbolism of Thai Buddhism, art, and the theory of the righteous rulership, and explore the virtual evocations of the Mahābodhi in Thailand. I argue that the re-invention resulted in two things. On the one hand, it provided tools for the legitimation of the Thai monarch through the concept of righteous kingship, as well as for the demonstration of Thailand as the paramount contemporary Buddhist centre of the world. On the other hand, it has revived and popularised the practice of constructing life-size replicas in Thailand, thereby enriching, and changing previous habits of pilgrimage
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Cultural heritage · Temple · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Cambodian History and Society · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site
A History of Thailand
The spread of Buddhism
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism
Thailand's Theory of Monarchy
The Cambridge World History
For merit and Nirvana
God on Earth
The origins of Sukhothai art as the Thai golden age
Bones of Contention
When Is The Buddha Not the Buddha? The Hindu/Buddhist Battle over BodhgayA and Its Buddha Image
Thailand's Theory of Monarchy
On the Development of a Morphology for a Symbolic Architecture
British Archaeologists, Hindu Abbots, and Burmese Buddhists
Regions and National Integration in Thailand 1892-1992
Unearthly Powers
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| Altamente citado | Não |