Keeping Hold of the Jewel: Buddhist Youth Activism and Multidirectional Migration in Mountain Java
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2024-12-01
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23853042
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2-s2.0-85213267266
Journal Title
Annali di Ca Foscari Serie Orientale
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60
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2
Start Page
179
End Page
200
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Annali di Ca Foscari Serie Orientale Vol.60 No.2 (2024) , 179-200
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Rizzo R. Keeping Hold of the Jewel: Buddhist Youth Activism and Multidirectional Migration in Mountain Java. Annali di Ca Foscari Serie Orientale Vol.60 No.2 (2024) , 179-200. 200. doi:10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2024/02/008 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/102589
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Keeping Hold of the Jewel: Buddhist Youth Activism and Multidirectional Migration in Mountain Java
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Abstract
The paper investigates the emergence of a youth organisation in rural Central Java and its relevance for the channelling of Buddhist revivalist stances in the Temanggung area. Rather than instantiating a linear “return”, the Buddhist revitalisation efforts promoted by the group materialise a novel religious scenario marked by a sharper influence of Theravāda Buddhism and a mélange of ethnocultural stances. More specifically, the paper intends to show how the formation of the youth organisation and the on-the-ground activities implemented reflect wider dynamics of internal mobility as well as new economic/entrepreneurial sensibilities.