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The Buddha was a devoted nationalist: Buddhist nationalism,ressentiment, and defending Buddhism in Myanmar

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Author	Foxeus, Niklas
Copyright Year	2019
Description	Since 2012, Buddhist nationalist movements – especially the 969 movement and Ma Ba Tha – have emerged in Burma/Myanmar seeking to defend Buddhism against mainly the Muslim minority, with monks delivering nationalist anti-Muslim sermons to huge audiences. The aim of this article is to demonstrate how a discriminatory nationalist agenda can – by appealing to the common trope of Buddhism-in-danger – appear to be justified to Buddhists. Based mainly on nationalist sermons, as well as on fieldwork and nationalist publications, this article examines discourse on the Buddha as a nationalist. First, it argues that Burmese Buddhist nationalism, analytically, should be understood as a ressentiment ideological discourse that also informs a Buddhist-nationalist discipline claimed to bring karmic merit. Second, it traces the roots of this ideology to the colonial period. Third, the article outlines and seeks to define how 'Buddhist nationalism' should be understood in an emic sense.
Related Links	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0048721X.2019.1610810?needAccess=true
Ending Page	690
Page Count	30
Starting Page	661
ISSN	0048721X
e-ISSN	10961151
DOI	10.1080/0048721x.2019.1610810
Journal	Religion
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	49
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2019-05-20
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Religion Asian Studies Religion and Religious Studies Buddhist Nationalism Ma Ba Tha Nationalism Buddhism Religion and Politics Burma/myanmar
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science History

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