Rituals of national loyalty : an anthropology of the state and the village scout movement in Thailand / Katherine A. Bowie
- Bib ID:
- 75159
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- Author:
- Bowie, Katherine Ann, 1950-
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- Description:
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- New York : Columbia University Press, c1997
- xx, 393 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0231103905 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
- 0231103913 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Summary:
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In the 1970s, the Village Scout movement arose in Thailand not only to counter a growing communist insurgency but also to intimidate anyone critical of the government. Rituals of National Loyalty explores this movement as a prime example of the deliberate use of mass psychology. This study bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed understanding of its working at the village level.
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- Introduction: Toward an Anthropology of the Right
- 1. Magic and Mayhem: Of Ritual and Class. Mayhem and October 6. A Class-Based Analysis of Ritual. Awe to Persuasion
- 2. Genesis in Conflict. The Official Genesis. The State of Thai Communism. Communism and the Shaping of the Thai State
- 3. The Expansion: The Monarchy and the Middle Classes. The Importance of Royal Patronage. The Creation of Symbolic Power. The Polarization of the Civilian Period
- 4. The Moratorium: Fissures on the Right. The Right: The Appearance of Strength. Reasons for the Moratorium. Factors Ending the Moratorium
- 5. Setting the Agrarian Stage. From the Cities to the Countryside. Political Polarization in the North. The Moratorium Ends
- 6. From Humor to Hysteria: Turning Villagers into Subjects. Day 1: From Villagers to Tiger Cubs. Day 2: A Day of Lessons. Day 3: Developing the Theme of Unity. Day 4: Setting the Final Structure in Place. Day 5: Building to the Climax.
- 7. Mixed Metaphors: The Class Struggle Unmasked. The Ideology: The National Scout Family. Effect on Village Initiates over Time. Of Communism and the Poor. Aftermath at the District Level
- 8. Declawing the Tigers. Updating the National Movement. Hegemony and State Rituals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-374) and index.
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