Publication Information
Author:
Hanks, Lucien Mason, Jr.,
1910-
Title:
Merit and power in the Thai social order
Published in:
American anthropologist -- Vol. 64
Published By:
American anthropologist -- Vol. 64
Menasha, Wisconsin: American Anthropological Society, 1962. 1247-1261
p.
By line:
by Lucien M. Hanks, Jr.
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2000. Computer File
Culture:
Central Thai (AO07)
Subjects:
Social personality (156);
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Social relationships and groups (571);
Prayers and sacrifices (782);
Abstract:
This article provides a general discussion of Thai conceptions of
“merit” and “power”, considered in relation to the more
general scheme which is informed by what Hanks refers to as a
“magico-animist” cosmology. Some insight is given into the nature of
Thai interpersonal relations, notions of social structure and social coherence,
and the Thai concept of person.
Document Number:
28
Document ID: ao07-028
Document Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p.
1259)
Field Date:
1948-1957
Evaluation:
Ethnologist, Psychologist-5
Analyst:
M.A. Marcus ; 1985
Coverage Date:
1948-1957
Coverage Place:
Bang Chan and
Thailand in general
LCSH:
Thais
