Buddhism in a Dark Age: Cambodian Monks Under Pol Pot

by Ian Harris

This pioneering study of the fate of Buddhism during the communist period in Cambodia puts a human face on a dark period in Cambodia's history. It is the first sustained analysis of the widely held assumption that the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot had a centralized plan to liquidate the entire monastic order. Based on a thorough analysis of interview transcripts and a large body of contemporary manuscript material, it offers a nuanced view that attempts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824835611
• ISBN13: 9780824835613
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"