[eBook] [PDF] For Buddhist Public Advocacy and Activism in Thailand A Rhetoric of Dignity and Duty 1st Edition

[eBook] [PDF] For Buddhist Public Advocacy and Activism in Thailand A Rhetoric of Dignity and Duty 1st Edition By Craig M. Pinkerton

This book studies Buddhist public advocacy and activism in Thailand―a movement often broadly called socially engaged Buddhism―from the perspective of rhetorical studies, specifically, on humanizing and dehumanizing communication practices. In modern Thailand and historical Siam, Buddhism has been integral to the social change processes shaping civil society and an emerging democracy. This study examined two problems: How do contemporary Buddhists in Thailand use rhetorical practice to influence the way the issues they work on are understood, and how do these Buddhists justify their advocacy and activism in rhetorical practice? To the first, a rhetoric of dignity, or humanization, was the central answer. To the second, a rhetoric of duty was the central answer. For researchers in Southeast Asian Studies, Thai Studies, and Buddhist Studies, this book offers a fresh perspective on socially engaged Buddhism through the lens of the communication discipline. For researchers in Psychologyand Communication, it sheds light on the understudied practices of humanizing communication.

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