Stephan Engelkamp
Nr. 135 (2015) Artikel Article 5–24 {:en}Why We Should Not Cut Off the King’s Head: Ritual Sovereignty and the “Moral Grammar” of the Thai StateThe idea of the sovereign state has often been theorized as a set of practices that evolved as a specifically European solution to the problem of difference. In order to further “provincialize” this perspective, my paper proposes to approach the topic through insights drawn from Governmentality Studies and from Social Anthropology. Doing this brings into …von by Stephan Engelkamp
Nr. 109 (2008) Artikel Article 9–12 {:en}Transformation and Conflict in Southeast Asia: IntroductionEach of the Southeast Asian states and the manifold societies of which they are composed are going through incisive processes of transformation. To analyse such complex processes and the conflicts which they may engender a Research Group was established in 2007 at the Graduate School of Politics of Muenster University, the members of which endeavour …von by Jos Platenkamp, Susanne Feskeund and Stephan Engelkamp- Nr. 109 (2008)
Artikel Article 37–53 {:en}Moral Authority in Burmese PoliticsThis article analyses moral authority as a power resource in Burmese politics. Which strategies did Burmese power holders pursue to stabilize political rule? Did the Burmese sangha employ moral authority merely to legitimize the political rule of the regime, or did it influence Burmese politics? Tracing back the religious and ritual practices that constitute legitimate …von by Stephan Engelkamp