ABSTRACT

This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma. Gravers' study brings us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity.
The present volume is a substantially revised and expanded version of the study originally published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |11 pages

4. The Colonisation Of Burmese Identity

chapter |6 pages

8. Ne Win's Club

chapter |5 pages

9. Aung San Suu Kyi's Strategy

chapter |4 pages

13. U Thuzana And Vegan Buddhism

chapter |13 pages

14. Buddhism, Prophecies And Rebellion

chapter |10 pages

15. Autocracy And Nationalism

chapter |7 pages

17. A Final Word—But No Conclusion