Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand
Subtitle: the religiosity of urban space
By: James Taylor.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780754662471
Subjects: Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Thailand; Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Sociology, Urban -- Thailand
Description: "This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity', the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity."--book jacket.