TY - BOOK ID - 6559522 TI - World conqueror and world renouncer : a study of Buddhism and polity in Thailand against a historical background PY - 1976 VL - 15 SN - 0521292905 0521211409 051155818X 9780521211406 9780521292900 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Buddhism and state KW - Buddhism KW - History KW - S31/0200 KW - S37/0500 KW - S37/0990 KW - #SML: Joseph Spae KW - Indo China and South East Asia--Thailand KW - Buddhism outside China, Tibet, Mongolia and Japan--Buddhism and society: general KW - Buddhism outside China, Tibet, Mongolia and Japan--Buddhism: other Asian countries KW - Bouddhisme et Etat KW - History. KW - Bouddhisme KW - Histoire KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology KW - Lamaism and state KW - State and Buddhism KW - State, The KW - Buddhism and state - Thailand KW - Buddhism - Thailand - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6559522 AB - World Conqueror and World Renouncer is the first comprehensive and authoritative work on the relationship between Buddhism and the polity (political organization) in Thailand. The book conveys the historical background necessary for full comprehension of the contemporary structural relationship between Buddhism, the sangha (monastic order), and the polity, including the historic institution of kingship. Professor Tambiah delineates the overall relationship, as postulated in early Buddhism, between the monk's otherworldly quest on one side and the this-worldly ordinating role of the monarchy on the other. He also examines the complementary and dialectical tensions that occur in this classical relationship, the king's duty to both protect and purify the sangha being a notable example. ER -