Reflections on Burma

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Burmese Chinese
State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Lo Hsing-han

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY—DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI, DEFINING DEMOCRACY "Freedom from Fear" Thakore Acceptance Speech http://www.dassk.org/ Biography http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html

Living Silence : Burma under Military Rule (Politics in Contemporary Asia) by Christina Fink: Cristina Fink's book Living Silence: Burma Under Military Rule is a hard-hitting examination of what life was (and perhaps still is) like under the repressive rule of the Burmese military. Using an extensive set of interviews, and the underground writings of dissidents, Fink outlines and looks at the real psychological consequences of years of repression. Perhaps the closest real world example of what Michel Foucault would call a "carceral society". Fink brings the Panopticon to life. My understanding of the issues in Burma was greatly enhanced by reading this book and I recommend it highly.

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