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THE OPENING OF HISTORICAL FUTURES*

History and Theory, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 303-318, September 2024.
ABSTRACT With a touch of irony, the project‐closing piece of the “Historical Futures” collective research endeavor pulls together the threads of its four years of explorative work by showcasing an opening of historical futures. Against the persisting myth of the closure of the future in contemporary societies, it claims that, as long as the future ...
Zoltán Boldizsár Simon, Marek Tamm
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The Study of Practice in the Vehicles of Men and Gods and the Bodhisattva Vehicle: Perspectives from Master Taixu to Master Hsing Yun

Religions
This paper explores the perspectives of Master Taixu (太虛, 1890–1947) and Master Hsing Yun (星雲, 1927–2023) on the practice of the Buddhist Five Vehicles (五乘), particularly focusing on the relationship between the Vehicles of Men and Gods (人天乘) and the ...
Chienhuang Chen
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Volumetric citizenship

American Ethnologist, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 350-362, August 2024.
Abstract In Thailand, the volatile period from 2019 to 2023 was marked by changing material and political atmospheres. Air pollution, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and government restrictions on speech transformed how Thai citizens breathed and how they related to the monarchy. Understanding this period as a history of breath reconceptualizes the citizen‐body
Eli Elinoff
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Hail and Farewell: An Interview with Fafnir’s Departing and Arriving Editors-In-Chief

Fafnir, 2021
The only constant is change, and thus we at Fafnir are both excited to welcome a new editor-in-chief – Dr. Essi Varis – and sorrowful at the departure of a much-valued and long-serving member of the editorial team – Dr. Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay.
Laura E. Goodin
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A Conversation With Marc Hallin

International Statistical Review, Volume 92, Issue 2, Page 137-159, August 2024.
Summary Marc Hallin was born in Ghent, Belgium, on 23 April 1949. He holds a Licence en Sciences mathématiques (1971), a Licence en Sciences actuarielles (1972), and a Doctorat en Sciences (1976) from the Université libre de Bruxelles. He then rose through the professorial ranks at the same institution, being successively Premier Assistant (1977–1978),
Christian Genest
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The Stoicism of Śāntideva: Comparisons between Stoic and Buddhist philosophy

Theoria, Volume 90, Issue 4, Page 377-399, August 2024.
Abstract Recently, due to various geopolitical events, a movement for 'decolonisation' has taken shape. In essence, this movements seeks to right the wrongs of Western colonialism. This desire has been expressed in many diverse ways depending on the context.
Lee Clarke
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White shirts as sacred amulets: “World‐making” and “self‐making” during the Burmese political festival

Ethos, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 186-205, June 2024.
Abstract Drawing upon Stanley J. Tambiah's idea of “world conquerors” and “world renouncers,” this article examines the Burmese political festival (nainganyei pwe) as a ritual, affective, and material space where former political prisoners reinterpret violence and engage in forms of collective and personal “world‐making.” The article focuses on one ...
Seinenu M. Thein‐Lemelson
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Crossing and Questioning Boundaries: Five Influential Books in Mahayana/East Asian Buddhism

Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 333-336, June 2025.
Matthew Mitchell
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Silent suasions: interpersonal mediation in Thai meditation

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue S1, Page 61-76, April 2024.
Abstract Discourse is the typical modus operandi for persuasive practices, but silence also has an important role to play in many religious contexts. In this essay, I examine how silence works as a mechanism of persuasion in Thailand, where Buddhist logics of meditation permeate social life.
Julia Cassaniti
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Preliminary investigation on antipyretic activity of Cuscuta Reflexa in rats

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research, 2010
In present study, the antipyretic activity of aqueous and ethanol extracts from Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. (Cuscutaceae) was evaluated using Brewer′s yeast induced pyrexia in rats.
Sanjib Bhattacharya, Bodhisattva Roy
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