Rituals of National Loyalty An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand

Name: Rituals of National Loyalty An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand
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ISBN: 9780231103916

ISBN-10: 0231103913

ISBN-13: 9780231103916

Edition: 1997

Authors: Katherine Bowie

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In the 1970s, the Thai state organized the Village Scout movement to counter communist insurgency. The movement was soon used to thwart growing demands for democratic reform, recruiting five million members to become the largest mass organization in Thai history, and, mobilized by the military-controlled media, helped topple a civilian government and restore military rule. This book bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed account of its working at the village level.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/4/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.87" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.276



Acknowledgments


A Note on the Photographs


List of Photographs


List of Figures and Tables


Introduction: Toward an Anthropology of the Right



Magic and Mayhem: Of Ritual and Class


Mayhem and October 6


A Class-Based Analysis of Ritual


Awe to Persuasion



Genesis in Conflict


The Official Genesis


The State of Thai Communism


Communism and the Shaping of the Thai State



The Expansion: The Monarchy and the Middle Classes


The Importance of Royal Patronage


The Creation of Symbolic Power


The Polarization of the Civilian Period



The Moratorium: Fissures on the Right


The Right: The Appearance of Strength


Reasons for the Moratorium


Factors Ending the Moratorium



Setting the Agrarian Stage


From the Cities to the Countryside


Political Polarization in the North


The Moratorium Ends



From Humor to Hysteria: Turning Villagers into Subjects


Day 1: From Villagers to Tiger Cubs


Day 2: A Day of Lessons


Day 3: Developing the Theme of Unity


Day 4: Setting the Final Structure in Place


Day 5: Building to the Climax



Mixed Metaphors: The Class Struggle Unmasked


The Ideology: The National Scout Family


Effect on Village Initiates over Time


Of Communism and the Poor


Aftermath at the District Level



Declawing the Tigers


Updating the National Movement


Hegemony and State Rituals


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index