Feudalism In Thailand

These days, it has been a very surprise that Thai society faces with feudalism system more than 500 years. The book called “Thai Radical Discourse The Real Face of Thai Feudalism Today” by Craig J. Reynolds had mentioned that feudalism was a part of Thai society since the Sukhothai Kingdom. This paper decided to conduct this study on the basis of these following aims. Firstly, to understand the rationale why feudalism remains in Thai society. Furthermore, to give an advice on how can we live together with this system? Finally, to compare advantages and disadvantages of this system. In this paper, we are going to explore the arguments and evidence over this issue. Feudalism system should remains in Thai society, because Thai population are believe

The king was passed a series of laws that have resonated down Thai history to these days and are probably the most influential royal commands issued in Thai history. The system itself was based on a cultural and social order. That had been practiced in much of the country at a local level for a century. He defined the definition of Sakdina System: “Sakdina System clearly defined the roles within the society of these two groups, how they would interact with each other and amongst themselves creating a strict social order based on the quantified worth of each individual” Thai Feudalism referred to Sakdina. It was illustrated the Power (Sakdi) and Field (Na). The ranking of people referred to as “Rai” which is a land measurement. For instance, the governor with a Sakdina of 340 would not only have a social standing of 340 but also be granted 340 Rai of land from the king (Wilding, 2009). Thai Sakdina can divide into four groups, which are king, nobility, knights and vassals. The king was provided money, an army on demand and bestowed the land to his nobles. The nobility has bestowed the land on many knights. The knights have bestowed the land on many vassals. These are the cycle of this

Recently, the status of these positions had been completely changed, the nobility, knights and vassals have become commonalty. This times the equality in the society become better than in the past. Conversely, these people especially nobility, they still have the power that can convince people to believe them. It clear that they still rule people and run the country by intervening to the system. It sounds as though terrible but it is not. Moreover, these people are bringing stability to the society. In 2014, Thailand had faced with the phenomenon, which is coup d 'état by National Council for Peace and Order. It was led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Commander of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d 'état. It was a 12th coup d 'état since the country 's first coup in 1932. The Royal Thai Army was compared as knights in the