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Experiments with Marxism-Leninism in Cold War Southeast Asia
One of the most contentious theatres of the global conflict between capitalism and communism was Southeast Asia. From the 1920s until the end of the Cold War, the region was racked by international and internal wars that claimed the lives of millions and fundamentally altered societies in the region for generations. Most of the 11 countries that compose Southeast Asia were host to the development of sizable communist parties that actively (and sometimes violently) contested for political power. These parties were the object of fierce repression by European colonial powers, post-independence governments and the United States. Southeast Asia communist parties were also the object of a great de...
Mirroring Power
The Phunoy are a Tibeto-Burmese population group in Phongsaly Province that has long been considered acculturated because of its adoption of various features of neighboring Tai societies, particularly Buddhism. This pioneering ethnography examines the Phunoy's supposed acculturation and independent identity, demonstrating how the Phunoy emerged as a group and constructed a "mirroring" relationship with the various Tai and Lao realms dominating the region. As guardians of the borders and allies of the colonial authorities who administered the province, they progressively formed a territory where they established themselves as indispensable intermediaries between state power and the other mountain ethnic groups. The integration of the Phunoy continues within Lao society today and is part of the history of the stabilization of the margins in northern mainland Southeast Asia.
From Tribalism to Nationalism
For many years, fieldwork was impossible in Laos due to the wars and then because of the overthrow of the royal power and the establishment of a revolutionary regime. Yet this country - where, to this day, very diverse ethnic minorities make up more than half the population - has long been considered by ethnologists as a quite unique place of study. Although limited in number, several good ethnographies were conducted during colonial times and after independence until the 1960s, both among certain ethnic minorities and among Lao villagers. But, with rare exceptions, they adopted a narrow focus, producing ethnic monographs or even village studies. It was not until the 1990s that some internat...
Legal Reform in the Contemporary Socialist World
Legal Reform in the Contemporary Socialist World explores four decades of legal reform in the socialist countries of China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea, and Cuba from a comparative perspective. Spanning the late 1970s to the present, it examines various projects, methods, strategies, contents, driving forces, and limitations of legislative reform, administrative reform, judicial reform, and reform of the legal profession. Legal reform in these countries is the project of the political elite to improve the legal system while retaining its core socialist principles. It is carried out through legislative enactments, amendments, and replacements, which the political elite adopt using incremental ...
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
This is the first study in a half century of one of the least known societies in the contemporary world. Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century provides insight into the everyday lives, concerns, and values of the people of this reclusive nation. Prominent anthropologists and religion scholars with in-depth, long-term knowledge of central Burma offer detailed analyses of the ways in which Burmese actively manage and create lives for themselves in the shadow of a military dictatorship. Their research crosses the domains of religious, political, and social life, examining public festivals and performance, local-state relations, literary life, lottery frenzies, mass meditators, political rumors and black humor, the value of children, changing male identities, and more in this impressive, wide-ranging collection.
MODERN LAOS Bir Milyon Fil Ülkesi’nden Günümüze
Laos, Güneydoğu Asya ana karasının kavşağında yer almaktadır. Çin, Vietnam, Kamboçya, Tayland ve Burma ile çevrili olan Laos, ihtişamlı günlerinde Lao krallarına genişleme alanı sağlayan bir bölgede hem bir köprü hem de bir tampon ülke görevi görmüştür. Bununla birlikte Laos, çoğu zaman daha güçlü komşuların ve onların müttefiklerinin müdahale ettiği bir ülke haline de dönüştürülmüştür Kitap, Lao’nun ortaya çıktığı dönemden Laos’un Fransız sömürge yönetimi altında İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nın sonuna kadarki sürecini, ardından Vietnam Savaşı sırasında nasıl darbe aldığını ve milliyetçi hareketlerin ortaya çıkışın...
Changing Lives in Laos
Changes in the character of the political regime in Laos after 2000, a massive influx of foreign investment, and disruptions to rural life arising from improved communications and new forms of mobility within and across the borders have produced a major transformation. Alongside these changes, a group of young scholars carried out studies that document the rise of a new social, cultural and economic order. The contributions to this volume draw on original fieldwork materials and unpublished sources, and provide fresh analyses of topics ranging from the structures of power to the politics of territoriality and new forms of sociability in emerging urban spaces.
Mondes francophones
Littérature et sciences humaines en Suisse romande depuis 1990 / Robert Kopp (p. 499-505) suivie d'une bibliographie analytique d'oeuvres littéraires encore disponibles d'auteurs romands et parmi eux de nombreux vaudois (p. 507-530); suivi par des essais en sciences-humaines (p. 531-547).
L'Asie pacifique au XXe siècle
Le XXe siècle aura beaucoup chahuté l’Asie. On s’inquiéta d’abord d’un improbable « péril jaune », alors que le Japon de Meiji prenait ses marques dans le sillage de l’Europe ; l’empire chinois se trouvait alors au plus bas, mais la foule asiatique était là, dans les campagnes et la misère : elle allait connaître une succession d’expériences sociales et politiques hors du commun, parfois tragiques, où se rencontrent et se heurtent les États, les idéologies et les peuples. La première moitié du siècle est dominée par la montée en puissance du Japon et l’apogée des empires coloniaux. Après 1945 et la « déconstruction » des empires, vient le temps des révolutions, des guerres de libération et du communisme. Une croissance économique insolente clôt le siècle. Comme régénérée par un siècle de crises et de chaos, l’Asie écrit une nouvelle partition.
