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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Publ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ...However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsinki 2005... ... Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY ... ... Power of sorcerers 103 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local reli... ... of morality that existed in the Christian villages of the past or in the Buddhist communities of this book. Never has so much information and resear... ...rld culture of technosystems, the future of all nations is governed by the eschatology of development religion, the same illusions of the paradise of ... ... before, but today one cannot say that, and such dishonesty is contrary to Buddhist morality. Improvements in the roads and in villagers' community sp...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...

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