Symboliczne wymiary birmańskiego nacjonalizmu i polityki w latach 1885‒2015

Abstract

This book focuses on the symbolic aspects of Burmese nationalism. The subject of the publication concentrates on the relationship between symbolic culture and politics on the example of political, social, religious, and cultural changes taking place in Burma in the period from 1885 to 2015. Such a long time range results from the desire to present radical changes in local culture and political and social life that took place over the hundred years separating these dates. It results from the fact that nation-building processes are always in line with the tradition of Braudel’s “long duration”. The presented analysis of changes in the years 1885–2015 is not a “trivial” and typical political history, described by Fernand Braudel as courtedurée. The conclusions result here from the awareness that only a two-sided analysis, both in the context of longedurée and courtedurée, will make it possible to grasp the full picture of the issue under study.