..., The Kandyan Period ( Colombo : Ceylon Univ. Press , 1956 ), p. 180 . 9 Spiro uses the word “myth” in a deprecatory and dismissive sense, since myth is seen as incapable of contributing to a conception of kingship. Spiro is entitled to hold his impoverished notions of myth, but the point...

...Melford E. Spiro World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background . By S. J. Tambiah . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1976 . viii, 557 pp. Bibliography, Index. $37.50 Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Melford E. Spiro A Narrative of the Mission to the Court of Ava in 1865 . Compiled by Henry Yule . With an introduction by Hugh Tinker. London : Oxford University Press , 1968 . xlvi, 391 pp. Illustrations, Appendix. $31.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1970...

...Melford E. Spiro Essays on Burma . Edited by John P. Ferguson . Leiden : E. J. Brill (Contributions to Asian Studies, no. 16), 1981 . xii , 167 pp. Contributors, f. 96 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982 1982 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA 211 significance...

...Melford E. Spiro Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1978 1978 CORRESPONDENCE 809 of Weber's concept of "elective affinity," a perspective that allows us to see events as "becoming," and social totalities as dynamic formations. Spiro doesn't like my version of dialectical...

...Melford E. Spiro The Muslims of Burma: A Study of a Minority Group . By Moshe Yegar . Wiesbaden : Verlag Otto Harrassowitz , 1972 . xiii, 151 pp. Illustrations, Appendices, Bibliography, Indices. DM 38.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1974 1974 BOOK REVIEWS...

... and Marriage in Burma: A Cultural and Psychodynamic Analysis. By MELFORD E. SPIRO. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. xix, 313 pp. Bibliography, Index. $15.00 (cloth). In his third book on Burmese culture, Melford Spiro turns his attention to social organization. In this examination of marriage...

...F. K. Lehman Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and its Burmese Vicissitudes . By Melford E. Spiro . New York : Harper and Row , 1970 . xiv, 510 pp. Appendix, References, Index. $17.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 1 Schärer H...

...Monique Skidmore Gender Ideology and Psychological Reality: An Essay on Cultural Reproduction . By Melford E. Spiro . New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press , 1997 . xx, 220 pp. $30.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA...

...Stephen R. Bokenkamp Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture . By Audrey Spiro . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1990 . xv, 259 pp. $35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA...

.... Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 582 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Chapter 6 is a rebuttal of Gannanath Obeyesekere's claim that Spiro's particular brand of psychoanalytic analysis relies upon a "pathological model of culture." However, Spiro's almost complete reliance upon...

.... 1972 . Doctrine, Practice and Belief in Theravāda Buddhism , Journal of Asian Studies (Feb. 1972) a review article on M. E. Spiro 1970. Buddhism and Society. New York: Harper and Row. 2 Spiro M. E. , “ Burmese Supernaturalism ,” Englewood Cliffs, N. J. : Prentice-Hall , 1967...

..., engaging, and brief. It is a fine addition to the reading list of any general Southeast Asia course, as well as a good read for courses on culture and politics. RONALD LUKENS-BULL Saint Martin's College Gender Ideology and Psychological Reality: An Essay on Cultural Reproduction. By MELFORD E. SPIRO. New...

... effect physical changes. Thus, the power of love is extolled in charms that provide protection against snakes or other wild animals. In the last chapter of the book, Aronson challenges the intepretations of Winston King and Melford Spiro concerning the normative ethics of the Theravada. Aronson charges...

...; and “Buddha and the Dancing Goblins: A Theory of Magic and Religion,” American Anthropologist [hereafter AA ], LXVI ( 1964 ), pp. 75 – 82 . Spiro's Burmese research is represented distinmost fully in his Burmese Supernaturalism [hereafter BSN ], Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall , 1967...

... identifiable as those of unseen halcyon kingfishers; The out-of-the-wayness of the sands provides a private arena ("lek") for posturing k'un birds. University of California, Berkeley EDWARD H. SCHAFER The Buddhist Conception of Kingship and Its Historical Manifestations: A Reply to Spiro This is not a lion's...

... of the quality of some of the individual papers, and because of the importance of the central questions they address. RAVEE RAGHAVAN Rutgers University Kinship and Marriage in Burma: A Cultural and Psychodynamic Analysis. By MELFORD E. SPIRO. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. xix, 313 pp...

... of these people, and the cognitive ideologies about the world are required to be compatible with interpretation of the canon even though not logically homogeneous; religions are replete with paradox, and Tambiah (37off.) righdy rejects the paradigm, used by Spiro, of a Great and a Little Tradition, on the grounds...

... in family and religion. The basic methodological assumption of this book is stated by Melford E. Spiro: "Religion and the family . . . sustain a special relationship to each other, the existence of religion being in large part a function of the existence of the family. . . . Religious systems may be viewed...

... SOUTHEAST ASIA 421 choice of words at several places in his introduction, which might sound condescending toward Buddhists. It is unfortunate that Gombrich, following Spiro, has left the general reader with an impression that "the institution of Buddhist monachism answers to certain regressive character...