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This slim volume takes the reader on a fascinating stroll through Thailand's "intellectual history"—the thought of the people of Siam and the product of their thought

National Identity and Its Defenders: Thailand Today election and the general readerThe first edition of this book was hailed as original and challenging in its analyses of Thai national identity. The topic is today no less worthy of discussion and comment. The essays boldly offer insights into the formation of Thai identity from the perspectives of history, political science, anthropology, linguistics, social psychology, human geography, and media and religious studies. Written in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a