Thai Radical Discourse

The Real Face of Thai Feudalism Today

• Author(s): Craig J. Reynolds,
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Pages: 186
• ISBN_10: 1501718886
  ISBN_13: 9781501718885
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Asia / Southeast Asia , Political Science / Imperialism , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity , History / Asia / General ,

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Using Jit Poumisak's The Real Face of Thai Feudalism Today (1957), Reynolds both rewrites Thai history and critiques relevant historiography. Discussing imperialism, feudalism, and the nature of power, Reynolds argues that comparisons between European and Thai premodern societies reveal Thai social formations to be "historical, contingent, and temporally bounded."