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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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institution
2011
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Sojourn
Year: 2011, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 196-223 |
| Further subjects: | B
Laos
History
Nonnen / Mönche
Buddhism
School
Education
Secularization
Educational institution / Ausbildungseinrichtung
Innere Organisation von Institutionen / Organisationen
Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat
Religious education
B Nun B Secularization B Institution B History B Educational institution B School B Buddhism B Education B State B Religious education B Organizational structure B Monk B Religious organization B Laos |
| Summary: | 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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