Politeness and Power in Thai Society: Airbrushing the Past, Anticipating the Future
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Location
S020, Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Sponsors
Thai Studies Program, Harvard Asia Center
Southeast Asia Initiative, Harvard Asia Center
Michael Herzfeld
Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
How do etiquette and formal civility shape power, historical memory, and political change in Thailand? Michael Herzfeld examines how younger Thaisʼ distinction between etiquette (marayat) and politeness-as-consideration (khwamsupab) may signal a moral critique of the old order.
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