The genesis and demarcation of the religious field: monasteries, state schools, and the secular sphere in Lao Buddhism (1893-1975)
Until the 1950s Lao monks and monasteries still had a crucial role in providing education for large parts of the population. With an increasing encroachment of the state, however, educational politics shifted towards the establishment of a state school system and marginalized the monks’ role in publ...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Institution
2011
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Sojourn
Année: 2011, Volume: 26, Numéro: 2, Pages: 196-223 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B Éducation B Institution B Communauté religieuse B Moine B École B Laos Histoire Nonnen / Mönche Buddhisme École Éducation Sécularisation Institution éducative / Ausbildungseinrichtung Innere Organisation von Institutionen / Organisationen Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Éducation religieuse B Éducation religieuse B Institution éducative B Histoire B Religieuse B Buddhisme B Sécularisation B Structure organisationnelle B Laos |
| Résumé: | Until the 1950s Lao monks and monasteries still had a crucial role in providing education for large parts of the population. With an increasing encroachment of the state, however, educational politics shifted towards the establishment of a state school system and marginalized the monks’ role in public education. The training in monasteries became increasingly linked to a separate, religious field. This article explores the implications and dynamics of these processes with regard to Bourdieu’s theory of differentiation of the religious field and contemporary discussions of secularization. By employing a historical perspective spanning from the colonial period to 1975, the article explores the emergence and the shifting boundaries of the religious field. Largely focusing on institutional structures, I argue that through functional differentiation we witness a demarcation of a religious field and a simultaneous emergence of a secular sphere. (Sojourn/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 0217-9520 |
| Contient: | In: Sojourn
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