Table of contents
Part I: 1. Introduction: Reconstructing a Journey;
2. From Rajadharma (the King's "Whole Duty") to Dharmaraja (the "Righteous Ruler");
3. The Brahmanical Theory of Society and Kingship;
4. The Early Buddhist Conception of World Process, Dharma, and Kingship;
5. Asoka Maurya: The Paradigm;
6. Thai Kingship and Polity in Historical Perspective
7. The Galactic Polity;
8. The Kingdom of Ayutthaya: Design and Process;
9. Asokan and Sinhalese Traditions Concerning the Purification of the Sangha;
10. The Sangha and the Polity: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok;
11. The Nineteenth-Century Achievements of Religion and Sangha;
Appendix to Chapter 11: The Symbolization of Monarchy in the Nineteenth Century;
12. The Sangha Acts of 1902, 1941, and 1963;
Part II: 13. The Composition and Distribution of Religious Personnel: What the Figures Say;
14. Monkhood as an Avenue of Social Mobility;
15. Monastic Careers and Monastic Network; Appendix to
Chapter 15: Monastic Networks in Christian Europe and Thailand;
16. Patronage of the Sangha and the Legitimation of the Polity;
17. Reformism and Ideological Transformation Based on Tradition;
18. Missionary Monks (Thammathud) and National Development; Appendix to
Chapter 18: The Monks' Universities;
19. The Politics of National Development and the Symbols c Legitimacy;
20. Dialectical Tensions, Continuities, Transformations, and the Uses of the Past