Warring Societies of Pre-colonial Southeast Asia: Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context bangkok The Web of Buddhist Wisdom

The Web of Buddhist Wisdom

Adam Simpson is Director of the Centre for Peace and Security

of the Royal Academy of Belgium

It also argues that the concept of a supra-constitution – first introduced by legal scholar Somchai Preechasilpakul in a brilliant lecture to the Pridi Banomyong Institute in 2007 – is a powerful frame for interpreting conservative Thai politics

First study in English to analyse in detail the position of women in Thai politics

Warring Societies of Pre-colonial Southeast Asia: Local Cultures of Conflict Within a Regional Context bangkok The Web of Buddhist WisdomEdited by Michael W. Charney and Kathryn Wellen Why is it that warfare in Southeast Asian history is depicted so differently in various historical sources and representations? Why have scholars looking at different countries found so many exceptions to regional overviews of warfare? The present volume seeks to present a new approach to the study of warfare in the region by abandoning the generalizations made in the conventional literature. The