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David K. Wyatt - Siam in Mind - 9789747551723 - V9789747551723
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Siam in Mind

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Description for Siam in Mind Paperback. Takes the reader on a stroll through Thailand's intellectual history - the thoughts of the people of Siam, and the products of their thought, through history. The author touches upon political and religious thought, but also upon such "artistic" thought as that demonstrated in novels, paintings, and historical writing. Num Pages: 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.

This slim volume takes the reader on a fascinating stroll through Thailand’s intellectual history -- the thoughts of the people of Siam, and the products of their thought, through history. It is a series of informal sketches, gleaned over years of historical research and stored away for rumination and reflection by one of the foremost historians of Thailand. Wyatt muses about these pieces of history, revealing some of the creative thinking that has been going on in the minds of ordinary and nameless people as well as great and well-known thinkers in Siam for the past thirteen hundred years.

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The author touches upon political and religious thought, but also upon such “artistic” thought as that demonstrated in novels, paintings, and historical writing. It includes both people whom we might think of as conservative and royalist and those who usually are thought of as non-conforming.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Chiang Mai
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Chiang Mai, Thailand
ISBN
9789747551723
SKU
V9789747551723
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

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