Comments on: Communications from Thailand http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/ Thoughts on Korea, northeast Asia, history and other things Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:41:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: bitacle.org http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/#comment-286 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:10:45 +0100 http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/#comment-286 <strong>Bitacle Blog Search Archive - Communications from Thailand</strong> [...] I'm clearly not the only one who is a mite sceptical about the committment of coup-plotting Thai generals to democracy. [...] Bitacle Blog Search Archive - Communications from Thailand

[…] I’m clearly not the only one who is a mite sceptical about the committment of coup-plotting Thai generals to democracy. […]

]]> by: kotaji http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/#comment-285 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:55:46 +0100 http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/#comment-285 Here's my thesis (...the one I've just come up with knowing very little about Thailand): it seems as though Thai nationalism has become completely bound up with the monarchy and the person of the king in particular. So perhaps the love of the monarchy in Thailand can be equated more with the everyday nationalism that you find in a country like Korea than we the love of a politician or a particular figure. Anyway, for slightly more convincing explanations I'd recommend reading that article by Kasian Tejapira that I linked before if you haven't already. Mustn't forget about that translation of Chang Ha-joon that I promised... Here’s my thesis (…the one I’ve just come up with knowing very little about Thailand): it seems as though Thai nationalism has become completely bound up with the monarchy and the person of the king in particular. So perhaps the love of the monarchy in Thailand can be equated more with the everyday nationalism that you find in a country like Korea than we the love of a politician or a particular figure. Anyway, for slightly more convincing explanations I’d recommend reading that article by Kasian Tejapira that I linked before if you haven’t already.

Mustn’t forget about that translation of Chang Ha-joon that I promised…

]]> by: jay http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/#comment-284 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:33:03 +0100 http://kotaji.blogsome.com/2006/09/20/communication-from-thailand/#comment-284 I wonder why the king is so popular. He doesn't appear to be much interested in plebian desires like "democracy" or "social jusice." An Economist article a month back attributed his appeal to his Buddhist asceticism and political aloofness ... but recognizing/backing a military coup isn't exactly aloof. Thanks for the post. I wonder why the king is so popular. He doesn’t appear to be much interested in plebian desires like “democracy” or “social jusice.” An Economist article a month back attributed his appeal to his Buddhist asceticism and political aloofness … but recognizing/backing a military coup isn’t exactly aloof.

Thanks for the post.

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