Download or read book The consequences of modernization in Siam written by Silva Tony and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: A, The University of Chicago, language: English, abstract: The world is currently plagued with inequality and exploitation. Several movements have been established across the globe to preach peace, social justice and ecological sustainability. We often come across inspiring stories of individuals or groups utilizing their ingenuity in ensuring social justice and environmental protection. Sivaraksa in his book Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World notes that modernization is the root source of cultural erosion amongst the people of Siam. According to Sivaraksa, modernization has come with lack of respect for nature, social justice and equality (Sivaraksa 107). Sivaraksa fends for the survival of his tradition – Buddhism. In essence, Sivaraksa is not entirely opposed to modernization; rather, he observes that the modernization process can also borrow from the sustainable traditional approaches. He is keen to select from and rebuild Buddhism in a quest for the traditional roots of his religion. Sivaraksa identifies the complex and ambiguous nature of modernity, and asserts the need to embrace the spirit of Buddhism in its traditional form (43). Sivaraksa relates the modern history of Siam to that of Thai during the Western Imperialism. Even though King Mongkut employed several diplomatic efforts to defend Thai from foreign dominance, the Westren imperialists developed new reforms that saw a change in the culture, administrative structure, educational system and even the military structure. As a result of the elite’s leadership, Siam grew so fast to become more like a Western center. During King Rama’s reign, western culture dominated the lifestyles of the Siam people. As Sivaraksa notes, “life in the countryside was negatively impacted” (109)...
Download or read book Modernization Without Development written by Norman Jacobs and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1971 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case study of the social structure and social change process in Thailand, as an example of modernisation in traditional Asian societies without the achievement of economic development - covers the impact of patrimonialism on economic policy and the occupational structure, etc., and examines the role of religion. Bibliography pp. 397 to 420.
Download or read book A Siamese Tragedy written by Walden F. Bello and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thailand has come to be known as the Fifth Tiger. With the Asian economic collapse of 1997-1998, this book poses the central question: Is this merely a short term crisis, or is there a real prospect of Thailand being pushed back into Third World status? The International Monetary Fund has intervened with an irrelevant, indeed damaging, policy package that promises to determine the outcome.A Siamese Tragedy argues that, even before the collapse, the Thai economy had feet of clay. Walden Bello and his co-authors show how vested interests, local and international, propelled the Thai people down a particular path which is unsustainable in terms of human exploitation, social disruption, ecological damage and economic fragility. Thailand, like the rest of the world, needs to rethink the fundamentals of its economic model.
Download or read book A Study of the Role of Americans in the Modernization of Siam written by Auraiwan Thanasthid and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Siam in Transition written by Kenneth Perry Landon and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thailand Modernization 1892 1932 written by Sondhi Tejanant and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Political Development of Modern Thailand written by Federico Ferrara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the roots of Thailand's political development from 1932 to the present, accounting for the intervening period's political turmoil.
Download or read book A Behavioral Study of Rural Modernization written by Charles A. Murray and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1977 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph examining the varying behavioural impact on economic and social development and modernization in rural development in Thailand - using a set of Motivation variables (personal investment index), makes measurements of the willingnes for social change and to take risks to improve the quality of life in villages, discusses the importance of value systems based on traditional culture, and includes details on the research methodology, (esp. Statistical analysis). Bibliography pp. 130 to 133, flow charts, graphs and statistical tables.
Download or read book Siam and the League of Nations written by Stefan Hell and published by River Books Press Dist A C. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in-depth study of Thai foreign relations in regard to the League of Nations using never before consulted primary sources.
Download or read book The Modernisation of Education and Society in Siam written by Rachanepon Chantara-aree and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Emergence Of Modern Southeast Asia written by Norman G. Owen and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern states of Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, and East Timor were once a tapestry of kingdoms, colonies, and smaller polities linked by sporadic trade and occasional war. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, the United States and several European powers had come to control almost the entire region - only to depart dramatically in the decades following World War II. perspective on this complex region. Although it does not neglect nation-building (the central theme of its popular and long-lived predecessor, In Search of Southeast Asia), the present work focuses on economic and social history, gender, and ecology. It describes the long-term impact of global forces on the region and traces the spread and interplay of capitalism, nationalism, and socialism. It acknowledges that modernization has produced substantial gains in such areas as life expectancy and education but has also spread dislocation and misery. Organizationally, the book shifts between thematic chapters that describe social, economic, and cultural change, and country chapters emphasizing developments within specific areas. will establish a new standard for the history of this dynamic and radically transformed region of the world.
Download or read book Power Identity and the Rise of Modern Architecture written by Koompong Noobanjong and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the evolution of Western and Modern architecture in Siam and Thailand. It illustrates how various architectural ideas have contributed to the physical design and spatial configuration of places associated with negotiation and allocation of political power, which are throne halls, parliaments, and government and civic structures since the 1850s.
Download or read book Two Views of Siam written by Nigel Brailey and published by . This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the attempt by France to annex Siam (modern Thailand) in 1893 and Siam1s success under King Chulalongkorn in withdrawing herself into international anonymity. Chapters: The Paknam Incident and the Chakri Reformation; Notes on Siamese Administration; Foreign Office Correspondence; Memorandum on the Present Political Situation in Siam; and Memorandum on the British Legation in Bangkok. Also includes preface, genealogical charts, notes, bibliography, and photographs.
Download or read book Lords of Things written by Maurizio Peleggi and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lords of Things offers a fascinating interpretation of modernity in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Siam by focusing on the novel material possessions and social practices adopted by the royal elite to refashion its self and public image in the early stages of globalization. It examines the westernized modes of consumption and self-presentation, the residential and representational architecture, and the public spectacles appropriated by the Bangkok court not as byproducts of institutional reformation initiated by modernizing sovereigns, but as practices and objects constitutive of the very identity of the royalty as a civilized and civilizing class. Bringing a wealth of new source material into a theoretically informed discussion, Lords of Things will be required reading for historians of Thailand and Southeast Asia scholars generally. It represents a welcome change from previous studies of Siamese modernization that are almost exclusively concerned with the institutional and economic dimensions of the process or with foreign relations, and will appeal greatly to those interested in transnational cultural flows, the culture of colonialism, the invention of tradition, and the relationship between consumption and identity formation in the modern era.
Download or read book Modernization in a Non colonial Third World Country written by Aksornsri Hongsakul and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ambiguous Allure of the West written by Rachel V. Harrison and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ambiguous Allure of the West examines the impact of Western imperialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value of postcolonial analysis for studying the ambiguities, inventions, and accommodations with the West that continue to enrich Thai culture. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Thais have adopted and adapted aspects of Western culture and practice in an ongoing relationship that may be characterized as semicolonial. As they have done so, the notions of what constitutes "Thainess" have been inflected by Western influence in complex and ambiguous ways, producing nuanced, hybridized Thai identities.The Ambiguous Allure of the West brings together Thai and Western scholars of history, anthropology, film, and literary and cultural studies to analyze how the protean Thai self has been shaped by the traces of the colonial Western Other. Thus, the book draws the study of Siam/Thailand into the critical field of postcolonial theory, expanding the potential of Thai Studies to contribute to wider debates in the region and in the disciplines of cultural studies and critical theory. The chapters in this book present the first sustained dialogue between Thai cultural studies and postcolonial analysis.By clarifying the distinctive position of semicolonial societies such as Thailand in the Western-dominated world order, this book bridges and integrates studies of former colonies with studies of the Asian societies that retained their political independence while being economically and culturally subordinated to Euro-American power.
Download or read book The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism written by Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the development of Thailand from the integration of Siam into the European world economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century, up to the emergence of Thailand as a modern nation state in the twentieth century. It concentrates in particular on the reign of King Chulalongkorn (1868-1910), during which period the state was modernized, the power of the great nobles was subordinated to the state, and a modern bureaucracy and education system were created.
