The Hupphaasawan Movement

Millenarian Buddhism among the Thai Political Elite

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ID6087072
AuthorsPeter A Jackson (0000-0002-4251-1293, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume3
Issue2
Pages134-170
Publication date1988-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
PublisherISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj3-2b
OpenAlexW1992127777
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

Buddhist millenarian movements previously described in Thailand have been associated with peasant rebellions against central Thai authority. However, the Hupphaasawan movement, formed by the spirit medium Suchaat Kosonkittiwong in the 1970s, differed from this pattern in that it attracted followers from among the most senior and powerful sections of the Thai political establishment. The Hupphaasawan movement nevertheless did share many features in common with earlier millenarian movements and demonstrated the continuing potential for the development of millenarian religious movements in Thailand. Key factors identified as contributing to the development of millenarian movements in Thailand are a high degree of political frustration; lack of access to institutional expressions of power; attachment to traditional spiritualist beliefs; and a heightened sense of political, economic, or cultural threat

Aesthetics · Buddhism · Elite · Millenarianism · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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