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2025年度 第5回 定例研究会「Modern Uniform, Medieval Mindset: Feudal Culture and the Thai Military's Business Empire」Puangthong R. Pawakapan 特任教授 (着任研究会)
日時： 2025年11月20日(木)14時〜16時（日本時間）
会場：東京大学東洋文化研究所大会議室（3F）、オンライン（Zoom）
発表者：Puangthong R. Pawakapan（Department of International Relations, Chulalongkorn University; Visiting Professor at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo）
題目：Modern Uniform, Medieval Mindset: Feudal Culture and the Thai Military's Business Empire
司会・コメンテーター： 佐藤 仁（東京大学東洋文化研究所・教授）
使用言語：英語
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要旨：
With numerous coups and long periods of direct rule, the Thai military's power is deeply embedded in the infrastructure of the state and complex royalist networks. While security studies explain military power through the framework of civil-military relations, many authoritarian regimes do not adhere to such Western notions of civilian supremacy. They operate on their own distinct concepts of power and professionalism. This paper argues that the Thai military has been profoundly shaped by Thai feudal, or sakdina, culture, which fundamentally underpins its internal power relations and defines its duties. This patrimonial sakdina ethos is most evident in the business operations of the various armed forces branches. Much like feudal lords, they exploit state land and manpower under their possession. Violations of rules and acts of self-enrichment are often met with a self-righteous sense of entitlement to privilege and immunity from accountability. This military's neo-feudal system is made possible by its omnipotent power in Thai politics. Focusing specifically on its business operations, I contend that the sakdina concept illuminates the Thai military's politico-economic culture with exceptional clarity. A nuanced understanding of this medieval ethos operating within the modern Thai military is essential for anyone seeking to advance meaningful and lasting military reform.
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掲載期間：20251007 - 20251120
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