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Article: The holy man in the history of Thailand and Laos.
- Article from:
- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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There have been many ways of approaching the study of the "holy men" rebellions that occurred in Thailand and Laos from the seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries. They have been examined as a study of millenarian or messianic movements,(1) as political or ethnic protest,(2) or as a stage in the history of production, from a Marxist point of view.(3) Still another approach, an historical one, can also contribute to an understanding of the protests that took place. The holy man, in this essay, is associated with the muang (township) and the early supernaturalism found in Thai and Lao society. As the muang lost autonomy and was incorporated into ever more ...
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