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Title Saying the unsayable : monarchy and democracy in Thailand / edited by Søren Ivarsson and Lotte Isager.

Publication Info. Copenhagen : NIAS ; Abingdon : Marston [distributor], 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 271 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series NIAS studies in Asian topics ; v. 47
NIAS studies in Asian topics ; v. 47.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Challenging the standard total view of the Thai monarchy / Søren Ivarsson and Lotte Isager -- Part I. Sacral kingship in a modern world : cultural and ideological foundations. Virtual divinity : a 21st-century discourse of Thai royal influence / Peter A. Jackson -- Entertainment nationalism : the royal gaze and the gaze of the royals / Sarun Krittikarn -- Culture of monarchy : a repertory theatre through time / Martin Platt -- Part II. The legal sanction of sacredness. The intricacies of lese-majesty : a comparative study of imperial Germany and modern Thailand / David Streckfuss -- Part III. Thai-style democracy. The monarchy and the royalist movement in modern Thai politics, 1932-1957 / Nattapoll Chaiching -- 'Thai-style democracy' : the royalist struggle for Thailand's politics / Kevin Hewison and Kengkij Kitirianglarp -- Post-coup royalist groups : re-inventing military and ideological power / Han Krittian -- Part IV. Sufficiency economy. Strengthening the moral fibre of the nation : the king's sufficiency economy as etho-politics / Lotte Isager and Søren Ivarsson -- Royal sufficiency and elite misrepresentation of rural livelihoods / Andrew Walker.
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Subject Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 1927-2016.
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 1927-2016.
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 1927-
Monarchy -- Thailand.
Monarchy.
Thailand.
Democracy -- Thailand.
Democracy.
Thailand -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ivarsson, Søren.
Isager, Lotte.
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
Other Form: Print version: Saying the unsayable. Copenhagen : NIAS ; Abingdon : Marston [distributor], 2010 9788776940713 (DLC) 2011392856 (OCoLC)642290869
ISBN 9788776945428 (electronic book)
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