TY - BOOK AU - Schober, Juliane TI - Modern Buddhist Conjunctures in Myanmar : Cultural Narratives, Colonial Legacies, and Civil Society PY - 2011/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaii Press KW - Theravāda Buddhism -- Political aspects -- Burma. Buddhism and state -- Burma -- History. RELIGION -- Comparative Religion N2 - Examines the moments in the modern history of Myanmar when religion, culture, and politics converge to chart new directions. Arguing against Max Weber's characterization of Buddhism as other-worldly and divorced from politics, this study shows that Buddhi ER -