Buddhist Public Advocacy and Activism in Thailand A Rhetoric of Dignity and Duty

For researchers in Psychology and Communication, it sheds light on the understudied practices of humanizing communication. The bulk of the current research is focused on its opposite—dehumanization—and most of this literature is in the field of psychology even though humanization and dehumanization...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinkerton, Craig M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Buddhist Advocacy and Activism Research
  • 3. Historical Developments of Buddhist Advocacy and Activism in Siam and Modern Thailand
  • 4. Identification and Humanizing and Dehumanizing Rhetoric
  • 5. A Buddhist Rhetoric of Dignity and Degradation
  • 6. A Buddhist Rhetoric of Duty: Justifying Advocacy and Activism
  • 7. Conclusion