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Myanmar's enemy within: Buddhist violence and the making of a Muslim 'other'

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British journalist Francis Wade spent considerable time in Myanmar trying to understand its distant and recent history. In early 2017 he published Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other,” about changing attitudes over the centuries about how the majority Buddhist population viewed Muslims. In his historical investigations, he does not spare British colonialism for the role it played in current tensions, but he lays more stress on developments since the Second World War when Burma – now Myanmar – won independence. A strength of the book, well worth reading, is that Wade listened carefully. He did not make one side good and the other bad. On the other hand, he might have mentioned that the proportion of Muslims in the population was about the same in 2014 and 1931, so the narrative of Islam plotting to overthrow Buddhism by high birthrates, migration and conversion via marriage is not supported by facts of modern Burma.

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Ketersediaan

0165-2018

322.109591 Wad m

Perpustakaan Diplomasi

Tersedia

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

322.109591 Wad m

Penerbit

London : Zed Books., 2017

Deskripsi Fisik

xiv, 280 pages : illustration, notes ; 22 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-78360-527-9

Klasifikasi

322.109591

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

First Published

Subjek

Social conditions
Islam and state
Burma
Buddhism and state

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Francis Wade

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