Love And Death Of King Ananda Mahidol Of Thailand

Author : Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811652899

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Love and Death of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand by Pavin Chachavalpongpun Pdf

This book examines two aspects of the abbreviated reign of King Ananda Mahidol (1935-1946), or King Rama VIII, of the current Chakri dynasty of Thailand. First, it discusses the royal family’s plot to thwart a romantic relationship between the young king, Ananda, and his Swiss girlfriend, Marileine Ferrari, a daughter of a famous pastor of Lausanne, Switzerland. Interracial marriage, particularly with Westerners, has been strictly forbidden for Thai kings or heirs apparent. The restriction stems from the interwoven connection between sexual relationship and the security of the throne. The second part investigates the mysterious death of King Ananda, a long-held taboo topic in Thailand. Although the two events were not specially related, both in their own way served to unavoidably shake the position of the monarchy and hence threaten its existence. The palace’s reactions to these events demonstrated its continuous search to maintain its power and ultimately to warrant its survival.

Author : Paul M. Handley
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300130591

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The King Never Smiles by Paul M. Handley Pdf

Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. This book tells the unexpected story of his life and 60-year rule: how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his people as a living Buddha; and how a king widely seen as beneficent and apolitical could in fact be so deeply political, autocratic, and even brutal. Paul Handley provides an extensively researched, factual account of the king's youth and personal development, ascent to the throne, skilful political maneuverings, and attempt to shape Thailand as a Buddhist kingdom. Blasting apart the widely accepted image of the king as egalitarian and virtuous, Handley convincingly portrays an anti-democratic monarch who, together with allies in big business and the corrupt Thai military, has protected a centuries-old, barely-modified feudal dynasty. When at nineteen Bhumibol assumed the throne after the still-unsolved shooting of his brother, the Thai monarchy had been stripped of power and prestige. Over the ensuing decades, Bhumibol became the paramount political actor in the kingdom, crushing critics while attaining high status among his people. The book details this process and depicts Thailand's unique constitutional monarch in the full light of the facts.

Author : Kukrit Pramoj
Publisher : Silkworm Books
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628401967

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Four Reigns by Kukrit Pramoj Pdf

Four Reigns (Sri Phaendin), M.R. Kukrit’s longest and best-known novel, is the rich and entertaining story of the life of Phloi and her family, both inside and outside palace walls. The story unfolds during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) in the closing years of the 1800s, ending in the mid 1940s with the death of his grandson, King Ananda Mahidol (King Rama VIII). Over a span of four reigns, we see the lives of minor courtiers under the absolute monarchy and watch the huge social and political changes that Thailand experienced as it opened itself up to international contact. We follow the characters against the historical backdrops of the 1932 revolution, the new constitutional monarchy, the growing Japanese presence in Thailand, the outbreak of World War II, and the Allied bombing raids on Bangkok. Through the lives and relationships of Phloi and her husband and children, we experience modern Thai history in an intimate and personal way, garnering new insights into the sensibilities of an era. Four Reigns was originally written in 1953 as a newspaper serial in the Thai daily, Siam Rath, as were M.R. Kukrit’s other popular novels, including Phai Daeng (1954) (Red Bamboo), and Lai Chiwit (1954) (Many Lives). This is a new version of the original 1981 translation by Tulachandra.

Author : Rayne Kruger
Publisher : Dmp Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9889775263

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The Devil's Discus by Rayne Kruger Pdf

A detailed investigation into the dramatic demise of Ananda, the European born and educated heir to the Siamese crown. Ananda returned to Thailand in 1945, at the conclusion of WWII, at the tender age of 20, to assume his royal role, yet only six months later was discovered dead in the palace of a gunshot wound. Following a painfully extended investigation and trial, three palace aides were convicted and executed for regicide, and one of Thailand's brightest and most promising politicians, implicated in the 'crime' was driven into exile. Author Kruger, who had unprecedented access to members of the inner circle of the Thai royal family (although these contacts remain unidentified), drew the conclusion that Ananda's death was most probably an 'accidental suicide'. Thus it appears that the sad, most likely accidental, death of the young king was exploited for the purposes of a political vendetta, and that three innocent victims were executed to maintain the façade. Kruger's book was incendiary to the Thai establishment and was quickly banned in the country where it remains banned to the present day. The inexplicable rarity of the original edition implies a concerted effort, by parties unknown, to corner and destroy as many printed copies as possible. A fascinating read, of particular relevance today as royalist forces continue their struggle to dominate the direction of the country by whatever means possible.

Author : Andrew MacGregor Marshall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783607808

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A Kingdom in Crisis by Andrew MacGregor Marshall Pdf

'Perhaps the best introduction yet to the roots of Thailand's present political impasse. A brilliant book.' Simon Long, The Economist Struggling to emerge from a despotic past, and convulsed by an intractable conflict that will determine its future, Thailand stands at a defining moment in its history. Scores have been killed on the streets of Bangkok. Freedom of speech is routinely denied. Democracy appears increasingly distant. And many Thais fear that the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej is expected to unleash even greater instability. Yet in spite of the impact of the crisis, and the extraordinary importance of the royal succession, they have never been comprehensively analysed – until now. Breaking Thailand's draconian lèse majesté law, Andrew MacGregor Marshall is one of the only journalists covering contemporary Thailand to tell the whole story. Marshall provides a comprehensive explanation that for the first time makes sense of the crisis, revealing the unacknowledged succession conflict that has become entangled with the struggle for democracy in Thailand.

Author : Thongchai Winichakul
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824882853

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Moments of Silence by Thongchai Winichakul Pdf

The massacre on October 6, 1976, in Bangkok was brutal and violent, its savagery unprecedented in modern Thai history. Four decades later there has been no investigation into the atrocity; information remains limited, the truth unknown. There has been no collective coming to terms with what happened or who is responsible. Thai society still refuses to confront this dark page in its history. Moments of Silence focuses on the silence that surrounds the October 6 massacre. Silence, the book argues, is not forgetting. Rather it signals an inability to forget or remember—or to articulate a socially meaningful memory. It is the “unforgetting,” the liminal domain between remembering and forgetting. Historian Thongchai Winichakul, a participant in the events of that day, gives the silence both a voice and a history by highlighting the factors that contributed to the unforgetting amidst changing memories of the massacre over the decades that followed. They include shifting political conditions and context, the influence of Buddhism, the royal-nationalist narrative of history, the role played by the monarchy as moral authority and arbiter of justice, and a widespread perception that the truth might have devastating ramifications for Thai society. The unforgetting impacted both victims and perpetrators in different ways. It produced a collective false memory of an incident that never took place, but it also produced silence that is filled with hope and counter-history. Moments of Silence tells the story of a tragedy in Thailand—its victims and survivors—and how Thai people coped when closure was unavailable in the wake of atrocity. But it also illuminates the unforgetting as a phenomenon common to other times and places where authoritarian governments flourish, where atrocities go unexamined, and where censorship (imposed or self-directed) limits public discourse. The tensions inherent in the author’s dual role offer a riveting story, as well as a rare and intriguing perspective. Most of all, this provocative book makes clear the need to provide a place for past wrongs in the public memory.

Author : Christopher John Baker,Pasuk Phongpaichit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107420212

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A History of Thailand by Christopher John Baker,Pasuk Phongpaichit Pdf

A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. This book explores how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed and examines how the monarchy managed the foundation of a new nation-state at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors capture the clashes between various groups in their attempts to take control of the nation-state in the twentieth century. They track Thailand's economic changes through an economic boom, globalisation and the evolution of mass society. This edition sheds light on Thailand's recent political, social and economic developments, covering the coup of 2006, the violent street politics of May 2010, and the landmark election of 2011 and its aftermath. It shows how in Thailand today, the monarchy, the military, business and new mass movements are players in a complex conflict over the nature and future of the country's democracy.

Author : Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814311557

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ASEAN-U.S. Relations by Pavin Chachavalpongpun Pdf

"This book is the result of a workshop of the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) held in July 2010"--P. ix.

Author : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400017447

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Fodor's Thailand by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc Pdf

Provides information on travel, accommodations, restaurants, sightseeing, activities, nightlife, and resorts

Author : Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814279192

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Reinventing Thailand by Pavin Chachavalpongpun Pdf

From 2001 to 2006, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra transformed Thailand's international role from one of obscurity into a kind of regional hegemon. Thaksin's diplomatic ambitions were reflected in his myriad of grandiose foreign policy initiatives, designed to locate Thailand at the forefront of regional politics and reinstall the Thai sphere of influence over weaker neighbouring states. He abolished the traditional bending-with-the-wind foreign policy, revamped the Thai Foreign Ministry, and empowered Thai envoys through the CEO Ambassadors programme. But in this process, Thaksin was accused of exploiting foreign policy to enrich his business empire. Thaksin's reinvention of Thailand as an up-and-coming regional power was therefore tainted by conflicts of interest and the absence of ethical principles in the country's foreign policy.

Author : Princess Wiphāwadīrangsit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015049046819

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Prisna by Princess Wiphāwadīrangsit Pdf

Author : Irene Stengs
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9971694298

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Worshipping the Great Moderniser by Irene Stengs Pdf

An examination of social imaginary surrounding Thai kingship and Thainess that yield an intriguing amalgam of ideas concerning popular religion, Buddhist kingship, nationalism, and material culture. It explores the contemporary appeal of King Chulalongkorn and considers what this ruler's unprecedented popularity says about Thai society.

Author : Elizabeth MacLeod,Saoussan Askar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 1554514835

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Bones Never Lie by Elizabeth MacLeod,Saoussan Askar Pdf

"Seven intriguing stories about historical royal figures whose demise was suspicious."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Anusorn Unno
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814818117

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“We Love Mr King” by Anusorn Unno Pdf

This book is an ethnography of the Malay Muslims of Guba, a pseudonymous village in Thailand’s Deep South, in the wake of the unrest that was primarily reinvigorated in 2004. It argues that the unrest is the effect of the way in which different forms of sovereignty converge around the residents of this region and the residents at the same time have cultivated themselves and obtained and enacted agency through the sovereigns. Rather than asking why the violence is increasing and who is behind it, like most scholarly works on the topic, it examines how different forms of sovereignty — ranging from the Thai state and the monarchy to Islamic religious movements, the insurgents and local strongmen — impose subjectivities on the residents, how they have converged in so doing and what tensions have followed, and how the residents have dealt with these tensions and cultivated themselves and obtained and enacted agency through the sovereigns. The phrase “We Love Mr King” or rao rak nay luang inscribed on the decorated, footed tray is one example of how the residents crafted themselves as royal subjects and enacted agency through the sovereign monarch. “This book represents one of the very few locally focussed anthropological studies to be undertaken in Thailand’s Muslim Malay border region since the upsurge in insurgent-driven violence since 2004. Just as noteworthy: the researcher is a Thai Buddhist who succeeded in establishing rapport with his Malay Muslim informants. Unlike most journalistic and academic research in this field based on hit-and-run interviews, Dr Anusorn’s work is founded on sustained in situ observation and participation with the local residents of the hamlet of Guba in Yala Province. Exploring a range of themes including local historical memory and place identification, Islamic practices, cultural rituals, complex local rivalries and violence, and interactions between villagers and military/state officials and projects, Anusorn skilfully highlights the co-existence and tensions between ‘different subjectivities’ in the context of the competing ‘sovereignties’ that inform the world of the villagers of Guba.” — Marc Askew (author of Performing Political Identity in Southern Thailand and Conspiracy, Politics and a Disorderly Border)

Author : Kukrit Pramoj (M.R.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015046362532

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Si Phaendin by Kukrit Pramoj (M.R.) Pdf