[Buddha-l] New Book: Michael Jerryson "Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand"

[Bankei]

New book out, FYI

Bankei


Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book:

Michael Jerryson: "Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern
Thailand"

(New York: Oxford University Press, 2011),  272 p. - ISBN13: 978-0199793242

"Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept. In fact, it is generally
considered an oxymoron. An image of a Buddhist monk holding a handgun or the
idea of a militarized Buddhist monastery tends to stretch the imagination;
yet these sights exist throughout southern Thailand. Michael Jerryson offers
an extensive examination of one of the least known but longest-running
conflicts of Southeast Asia. Part of this conflict, based primarily in
Thailand's southernmost provinces, is fueled by religious divisions.
Thailand's total population is over 92 percent Buddhist, but over 85 percent
of the people in the southernmost provinces are Muslim. Since 2004, the Thai
government has imposed martial law over the territory and combatted a
grass-roots militant Malay Muslim insurgency. Buddhist Fury reveals the
Buddhist parameters of the conflict within a global context. Through
fieldwork in the conflict area, Jerryson chronicles the habits of Buddhist
monks in the militarized zone. Many Buddhist practices remain unchanged.
Buddhist monks continue to chant, counsel the laity, and accrue merit. Yet
at the same time, monks zealously advocate Buddhist nationalism, act as
covert military officers, and equip themselves with guns. Buddhist Fury
displays the methods by which religion alters the nature of the conflict and
shows the dangers of this transformation."

For more information, see:
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/**general/subject/Politics/**
ComparativePolitics/Asia/?**view=usa&ci=9780199793242<http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/ComparativePolitics/Asia/?view=usa&ci=9780199793242>
http://www.amazon.com/**Buddhist-Fury-Religion-**Violence-Southern/dp/**
0199793247/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&**ie=UTF8&qid=1309681063&sr=1-3<http://www.amazon.com/Buddhist-Fury-Religion-Violence-Southern/dp/0199793247/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309681063&sr=1-3>

Thanks,

Michael

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