Why is peace elusive in Myanmar? An answer from the perspective of thai philosopher prawase wasi
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Why is peace elusive in Myanmar? An answer from the perspective of thai philosopher prawase wasi. / Waters, Tony; Panyakom, Somboon.
In: Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Vol. 9, No. 2, 30.11.2021, p. 305-330.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Why is peace elusive in Myanmar? An answer from the perspective of thai philosopher prawase wasi
AU - Waters, Tony
AU - Panyakom, Somboon
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University.
PY - 2021/11/30
Y1 - 2021/11/30
N2 - We re-evaluate Burmese history from the perspective of Thai philosopher Prawase Wasi who asserts that the basis for society is not simply individuals but the “self-forming group.” He discusses the essential nature of a self-forming group which is embodied in the Thai Buddhist concept of taam, which are sacred virtues emerging from self-organizing groups. In between the taam and self-forming groups are institutions of the state, economy, and education, etc. Prawase Wasi’s approach has been used in Thailand to guide government policies for the last twenty years. In this article, we apply this model to the history of conflict in Burma. We contrast this approach with the more traditional focus on individualism and utilitarianism in western high modernism which typically shapes development policies.
AB - We re-evaluate Burmese history from the perspective of Thai philosopher Prawase Wasi who asserts that the basis for society is not simply individuals but the “self-forming group.” He discusses the essential nature of a self-forming group which is embodied in the Thai Buddhist concept of taam, which are sacred virtues emerging from self-organizing groups. In between the taam and self-forming groups are institutions of the state, economy, and education, etc. Prawase Wasi’s approach has been used in Thailand to guide government policies for the last twenty years. In this article, we apply this model to the history of conflict in Burma. We contrast this approach with the more traditional focus on individualism and utilitarianism in western high modernism which typically shapes development policies.
KW - Burma/Myanmar
KW - Development studies
KW - Peace studies
KW - Prawase Wasi
KW - Thai philosophy
KW - Sociology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120066298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18588/202110.00a159
DO - 10.18588/202110.00a159
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85120066298
VL - 9
SP - 305
EP - 330
JO - Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
JF - Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
SN - 2288-2693
IS - 2
ER -