Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power ISBN: 9780203639795 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Area Studies; Asian Studies;
This study probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma. Gravers' study brings us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity. The present volume is a substantially revised and expanded version of the study originally published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.