Articles
Local tradition and convergence of the world’s elite: the phenomenon of Aung San Suu Kyi
Dmitry Brodyak
Vostok/Oriens '2016, №6
The article discusses the long struggle of the Myanmar modernists of the “second generation” and especially their leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the return of the positions in the structure of the post-colonial elite they had lost at the end of the twentieth century and, simultaneously, for political control of the radical urban counter-elite. The article proves the effectiveness of the long-term policy of the modernist wing of the national elite of Burma/Myanmar for the adaptation of traditionalist Burmese society to the modern political practices; it is also shown that the successful implementation of that policy became possible after 1945 as a result of the convergence of the Burmese modernists with influential circles of the British elite.
Keywords: Burma/Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ne Win, traditional culture, convergence, modernists, elite, counter-elite
Pages: С. 40–51
