{"id":5466,"date":"2019-04-17T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T08:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/?p=5466"},"modified":"2019-03-19T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T08:05:39","slug":"20190417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/2019\/04\/20190417\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Seminar by Dr Patrick Jory on April 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date &Time<\/strong>: 14:00-15:30, Wednesday 17th April 2019
\nPlace<\/strong>: Tonan-tei (Room no. 201), on the 2nd floor of Inamori Foundation
\nMemorial building, CSEAS<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Manners and Civility in Thailand’s Civilizing Process<\/p>\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr Patrick Jory, CSEAS Visiting Research Scholar from Faculty
\nof Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland<\/p>\n

Moderator<\/strong>: Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun, CSEAS, Kyoto University<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>:
\nIn Thailand a remarkably high value is placed on the performance of good
\nmanners. The Thai state has long been centrally concerned with the
\nquestion of conduct. Coups or changes of government are typically
\nfollowed by campaigns to enforce good behavior. Kings, aristocrats,
\nprime ministers, senior monks, active as well as retired army generals,
\npoliticians, poets, novelists, educationalists and journalists have
\nproduced a large corpus of literature that sets out precise models of
\nappropriate behaviour. It teaches such things as how to stand, walk,
\nsit, pay homage, prostrate oneself and crawl in the presence of
\nhigh-status people, sleep, eat, manage bodily functions, dress, pay
\nrespect to superiors, deal with inferiors, socialize, use one\u2019s time, as
\nwell as how to work and play. These modes of conduct have been instilled
\nor enforced by families, the monastery, court society, and, in the
\ntwentieth century, the state, through the education system, the
\nbureaucracy, and the mass media. The conceptualization of manners in
\nThailand is also influenced by Theravada Buddhist doctrine about how to
\nmaster the self. Proper conduct is typically understood as covering
\nthree fields of behaviour: bodily action (\/kai\/), speech (\/waja\/), and
\none\u2019s mental disposition (\/jai\/). The inculcation of good manners thus
\nhas as its objective control of the whole person.<\/p>\n

The concept of \u201cThai manners\u201d suggests that such idealized conduct is a
\ntranscendent element of Thai national identity. However, using the
\napproach to the history of manners in Western Europe made famous by the
\nsociologist Norbert Elias in his classic work, \/The Civilizing Process\/,
\nI will show how the same factors are at work in the historical formation
\nof ideals of good conduct in Thailand. In studying the history of
\nmanners and civility we may lift our attention about the everyday events
\nof politics to focus on more meaningful longer-term changes in Thai history.<\/p>\n

Presenter<\/strong>:
\n Patrick Jory teaches Southeast Asian History at the School of
\nHistorical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland.
\nHis recent book, \/Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: \/\/The Vessantara Jataka
\nand the Idea of the Perfect Man\/ (SUNY Press, 2016) received a CHOICE
\naward for Outstanding Academic Title. He is currently Visiting Research
\nScholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date &Time: 14:00-15:30, Wednesday 17th April 2019 Place: Tonan-tei (Room no. 201), on the 2nd floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial building, CSEAS Title: Manners and Civility in Thailand’s Civilizing Process Speaker: Dr Patrick Jory, CSEAS Visiting Research Scholar from Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland Moderator: Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: In Thailand a remarkably high value is placed on the performance of good manners. The Thai state has long been centrally concerned with the question of conduct. Coups or changes of government are typically followed by campaigns to enforce good behavior. Kings, aristocrats, prime ministers, senior monks, active as well as retired army generals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8zquF-20190417","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5466"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5467,"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5466\/revisions\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}