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| Towards a Moral Understanding of Karen State’s Paradoxical Buddhist Strongmen | ||
| 作者 | Chambers, Justine (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia |
| 卷期 | v.34 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2019.07 |
| 頁次 | 258 - 289 |
| 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 | Myanmar; Karen; conflict; strongmen; moral authority |
| 摘要 | This article considers the role that armed Plong (Pwo) Karen Buddhist strongmen play as moral authorities in their home communities, rather than their coercive and extractive qualities. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in Hpa-an district, Karen State, it demonstrates that their ability to act as moral authorities in their home communities is embedded in elaborate social notions of interdependency. These are related to the specific formation of Karen personhood and the importance of being ‘faithful’ (in Plong Karen, thout kyar) to each other. In describing how one strongman and his extractive debt relations are configured according to Plong Karen social ethics, the article demonstrates that a core feature of their moral authority is interwoven in a Buddhist cosmological understanding of moral leadership and the public performance of merit-making activities. It argues that the use of public performances of morality through donation ceremonies play a powerful role in mitigating the ways in which illicit economic activities and extractive debt relations are regarded as incommensurate with Plong Karen values. |
| 目次 | Strongmen in Southeast Asia 261 A Political History of Karen State and the Emergence of Armed Buddhist Strongmen 264 Introducing Saw Eh Klein 267 Karen Strongmen as Religious Benefactors 274 Conclusion 277 Acknowledgements 278 Notes 279 References 281 |
| ISSN | 02179520 (P); 17932858 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 30 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.12.25 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.12.25 |
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