Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
MAPS......Page 7
PREFACE TO THE 1993 EDITION......Page 8
PREFACE TO THE 1999 EDITION......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
INTRODUCTION......Page 18
1. THE COLONIAL CLUB: ‘NATIVES NOT ADMITTED!’......Page 22
2. THE VIOLENT ‘PACIFICATION’ OF BURMA......Page 26
3. BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY AND POLITICAL POWER......Page 32
Royal Power......Page 34
4. THE COLONISATION OF BURMESE IDENTITY......Page 38
Christian Intervention......Page 39
Karen Nationalism......Page 43
5. BUDDHISM, XENOPHOBIA AND REBELLION IN THE 1930S......Page 50
The Hsaya San Rebellion......Page 52
Nationalism......Page 56
6. TWO VERSIONS OF NATIONALISM: UNION STATE OR ETHNICISM?......Page 60
The Panglong Agreement......Page 66
The Legacy of Aung San......Page 68
7. BUDDHISM AND MILITARY POWER: TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES—TWO DIFFERENT THAKINS......Page 72
U Nu......Page 74
Enter Ne Win......Page 76
ONE PARTY, ONE STATE, ONE NATION......Page 78
8. NE WIN’S CLUB......Page 86
9. AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S STRATEGY......Page 92
10. NATIONALISM AS THE PRACTICE OF POWER......Page 98
11. THE RULES OF THE MYANMAR CLUB SINCE 1993......Page 104
12. BUDDHISM AND THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE AMONG THE KAREN......Page 106
13. U THUZANA AND VEGAN BUDDHISM......Page 116
14. BUDDHISM, PROPHECIES AND REBELLION......Page 120
15. AUTOCRACY AND NATIONALISM......Page 134
Forestry: teak and other hardwood......Page 139
Rice prodnction......Page 140
16. HISTORICISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND POWER......Page 144
17. A FINAL WORD—BUT NO CONCLUSION......Page 152
EPILOGUE......Page 160
Model......Page 166
Cosmology......Page 167
Identity......Page 168
Ethnicism......Page 169
Social/Historical Memory......Page 170
APPENDIX 2: KAREN ORGANISATIONS......Page 172
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 178
Documents in the Oriental and India Office Collections (formerly India Office and Recards), British Library, London......Page 185
Newspapers......Page 186
INDEX......Page 188