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Ambassador, provocateur, outcast
Life, Published on 25/08/2017
» Prince Prisdang was a complex person to say the least. A family member of King Chulalongkorn and Siam's first ambassador to Europe in the late 19th century, "his life", as one of the world's pre-eminent scholars of Thai history Tamara Loos writes, "buzzes like a hub of frenetic political activity, linking together the spokes of Thai nationalism, European imperialism, Buddhist universalism, and transnational anti-imperialism".
Ghosts, amulets, ringtones, and the rest of Thai Buddhism
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 09/01/2012
» Somdet To is, according to Justin McDaniel "arguably the most famous monk in Thai history." His image, picture, chants, biographies, amulets, and pamphlets are everywhere. Yet you could read everything written on Thai Buddhism in English for scholars or tourists without noticing his existence, let alone his importance. In this superb book, McDaniel not only does justice to Somdet To but suggests a new way of thinking about "Thai Buddhism" and how it is studied.