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| The Supernaturalization of Thai Political Culture: Thailand's Magical Stamps of Approval at the Nexus of Media, Market and State | ||
| 作者 | Jackson, Peter A. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia |
| 卷期 | v.31 n.3 |
| 出版日期 | 2016.11 |
| 頁次 | 826 - 879 |
| 出版者 | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.iseas.edu.sg |
| 出版地 | Singapore [新加坡] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Thailand; prosperity religion; resurgent supernaturalism; postage stamps; media; commodification; state power; political culture; Buddhism |
| 摘要 | Since the 1980s, new supernatural movements have become highly visible additions to Thailand's spiritual landscapes and religious marketplaces. Focused on supernatural intervention to bring success, wealth and prosperity in Thailand's expanding economy, these movements are often only tangentially related to orthodox Theravada Buddhist teachings and practice. These highly commodifìed wealth-oriented movements emerged in the context of Thailand's economic boom in the 1980s and 1990s, and have continued to grow in popularity and develop further through the 1997 Asian economic crisis and the political conflicts that have destabilized Thai society over the past decade. The large number of colourful special issues of Thai postage stamps devoted to supernatural cults of prosperity released since 2004 reflects the relocation of these movements from the margins to the centre of national religious practice. These stamp special issues also reflect a major shift in the regime of power over public imaging that depicts the participation of Thailand's economic, political and royal elites in new forms of supernatural ritual. This ritual has now been incorporated into state projects under the aegis of officially sponsored Theravada Buddhism. No longer kept hidden or private, elite participation in supernatural ritual is becoming an increasingly visible and politically significant dimension of the symbolism and exercise of power in early twenty-first-century Thailand. |
| 目次 | The Supernatural (Re)Enchantment of Global Modernity 829 Bringing Supernatural "Power" into Studies of Thai Politics 833 Postmodern Mediums and the Symbolic Complex of Thai Prosperity Religions 837 The Symbolic Complex of Commodified Prosperity Cults 839 Postage Stamps and Post Office Corporatization: From Ambassadors of State Policy to Commoditized Reflections of Consumer Belief 841 From Twintieth-Century Modernist Secularism to Twenty-First-Century Nationalist Supernaturalism 844 A Brief History of Thai Special-Issue Stamps: From Secular to Supernatural Themes 845 Magically Significant Elements in Twenty-First-Century Thai Stamp Designs 848 Magical Numerology on Recent Thai Stamps 849 The Magical Significant of the Number Five 849 The Magical Significance of the Number Nine 853 Auspicious Colours Associated with Kings' Birth Days 855 The Symbolic Complex of Thai Prosperity Cults on Recent Stamp Issues 855 Magic Monks on Stamps 856 Brahmanical Deities on Stamps 858 Rama V and Rama IX on Stamps 861 Chinese Deities and Chinese Religious Festivals on Stamps 861 Magical Amulets on Stamps 862 Stamps as Sacralized and Magically Empowered Objects 865 Thai Post Office Branches as Commecial Agencies for Marketing Magic 867 Conclusion: Sociological Mainstreaming and State Appropriation of Thailand's Cults of Prosperity under the Auspices of Buddhism 869 Notes 872 References 875 |
| ISSN | 02179520 (P); 17932858 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 118 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.12.22 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.12.22 |
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