...Paul A. Rodell Rizal and Republican Spain and Other Rizalist Essays . By Manuel Sarkisyanz . Manila : National Historical Institute , 1995 . viii, 326 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1997 1997 872 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Rizal and Republican Spain...

...Nicholas V. Riasanovsky Russland und der Messianismus des Orients . By Emanuel Sarkisyanz . Tübingen : J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) , 1955 . xii, 419 . DM 26.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1958 1958 460 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES particularly unfortunate...

...John F. Cady Buddhist Backgrounds of the Burmese Revolution . By E. Sarkisyanz , with a Preface by Dr. Paul Mus . The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff , 1965 . xxiv, 248 . Index, Postscript, Texts, Localities. 28.50 guilders. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966...

...F. K. Lehman Die Kulturen Kontinental-Südostasiens [The Cultures of Continental Southeast Asia] . By Manuel Sarkisyanz . Wiesbaden : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion , 1979 . 160 pp. Illustrations, Notes, Index, Bibliography. N.p. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies...

...Rudolf Loewenthal Geschichte der orientalischen Völker Russlands bis 1917 . By Emanuel Sarkisyanz . München : R. Oldenbourg Verlag , 1961 . 422 . Register, 3 maps. Lw. DM. 50.—. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962 1962 BOOK REVIEWS 401 (and not a son...

... Buddhist Backgrounds of the Burmese Revolution. By E. SARKISYANZ, with a Preface by Dr. Paul Mus. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1965. xxiv, 248. Index, Postscript, Texts, Localities. 28.50 guilders. The major contribution of this erudite excursion into Burmese political thought by Frieburg's Professor...

... Orients. By EMANUEL SARKISYANZ. Tubingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1955. xii, 419. DM 26.00. Professor E. Sarkisyanz's study of "Russia and the Messiahship of the Orient" is an extraordinary work, unusual and at the same time almost overwhelming in content, strange in method, sweeping and unorthodox...

..., 1962 ], pp. 10 f., 19. ) 17 Heine-Geldern R. , “Conceptions of State and Kingship in Southeast Asia,” Southeast Asia Program, Data Paper No. 18 ( Cornell , 1956 ) ; Sarkisyanz E. , Russland und der Messianismus des Orients ( J. C. B. Mohr , 1955 ) , Buddhist...

... dealt with this theme are to be counted Paul Mus, Ananda Coomaraswamy, E. Sarkisyanz, U. N. Ghoshal, E. G. Gokhale, and Frank Reynolds.1 If Spiro thinks my thesis is misguided, I find myself in good company. (2) There is incontrovertible evidence that "in Asoka's time the formation of the canon had been...

..., 1953), and Sarkisyanz Emanuel , Russland und der Messianismus des Orients ( Tübingen , 1955 ) . Regarding the present status of ethnic and religious minorities, the extensive writings of A. Bennigsen (Paris) and B. Spuler (Hamburg) could have contributed much of value. BOOK REVIEWS 311...

...Karl J. Pelzer Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 Sudostasian Seit 1945 . By Emanuel Sarkisyanz . Munchen : R. Oldenbourg Verlag , 1961 . 180 . Bibliography, Appendices, Index. DM 20. 490 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Mongolia, Tibet, and China is a welcome...

... tradition as an artificial expedient to serve political ends. Nu's version of "Buddhist socialism" was regarded seriously by most fellow Burmans, and his charismatic identification with traditional religious ideals contributed much to his successive election victories. What Sarkisyanz does not point out...

... chiefly of Russian publications (pp. 402404); an extensive list of personal and place Geschichte der orientalischen Volker Russlands names (pp. 405-422); and three maps. bis 1917. By EMANUEL SARKISYANZ. Miin- Like Carl Brockelmann's History of the Is- chen: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1961. 422. lamic Peoples...

... and ghosts. Connections with the present religious system in Theravāda countries could easily be established. 4 Sarkisyanz E. , Buddhist Backgrounds of the Burmese Revolution , The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff , 1965 , p. XI . 5 Spiro Melford E. , “Religion: Problems...

... Syracuse University Buddhist Backgrounds of the Burmese Revolution. By E. SARKISYANZ, with a Preface by Dr. Paul Mus. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1965. xxiv, 248. Index, Postscript, Texts, Localities. 28.50 guilders. The major contribution of this erudite excursion into Burmese political thought...

.... JBRS, 43, 1960, MAUNG MAUNG. The search for constitutionalism in Burma. 1YIA, 9-10,1960-61, 73-85. 83-90. SARKISYANZ, EMANUEL. Birmas neutralistische Politik in ihrem Ursprung und ihren Wandlungen. SOUTH ASIA ZP, 8,1961,127-134. SARKISYANZ, EMANUEL. On the place of U Nu's Periodicals Buddhist socialism...

... ethnic groups, geographical areas, or specific the School of Oriental and African Studies in problems. The historical background in those 1956, is to raise certain urgent questions of studies, however, is usually sketchy or distorted. perspective and method in Southeast Asian Sarkisyanz's book fills...

... chapters which detract from the text's central thesis and seem to offer little more than hero worship. These faults aside, Manuel Sarkisyanz's investigation of Jose Rizal's encounter with Spanish republicanism will be useful for Philippine scholars for some time to come. PAUL A. RODELL Georgia Southern...

... little to do with the content of the book. At its best, this work consists of a reasonably competent rehash of more detailed studies by other scholars, such as Mendelson, Sarkisyanz, D. E. Smith, Spiro, and Tambiah; at its worse, it presents rather superficial and often outdated interpretations...

... are poorly reproduced; perhaps the originals are in bad condition, but the result is irritating. And the primary materials are rich enough that one wishes the author had devoted yet more time to translating them for those illiterate in Burmese. Finally, the brief preface by Emmanuel Sarkisyanz reveals...