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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| 語言: | English |
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Institution
2011
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Sojourn
Year: 2011, 卷: 26, 發布: 2, Pages: 196-223 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B 國家 B 學校 B 僧侶 B 教育機構 B 修女 B 組織結構 B 宗教教育 B 佛教 B 宗教團體 B 教育 B 歷史 B 世俗化 B Laos B Laos 歷史 Nonnen / Mönche 佛教 學校 教育 世俗化 教育機構 / Ausbildungseinrichtung Innere Organisation von Institutionen / Organisationen Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat 宗教教育 |
| 總結: | 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 |
| Contains: | In: Sojourn
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