The Diviner and the Billionaire
Wealth as Mystery in Buddhist Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22023733 |
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| Authors | Edoardo Siani (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 144-147 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Made in China Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2206-9119 • E-ISSN: 2652-6352 |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/mic.05.02.2020.16 |
| OpenAlex | W3107465814 |
| Language | EN |
A Bangkok roadside diviner examines two luxurious skyscrapers along the river. He believes that they were erected by Thailand’s largest corporation, the CP Group (Zheng Da in Chinese), on the instructions of their formidable in-house diviners. The master replicates a Buddhist discourse, according to which wealth flows naturally to those who can unlock the secrets of the cosmos
Ancient history · Archaeology · Buddhism · Traditional medicine · History · Medicine · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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