ธรรมาธรรมะสงครามเป็นพระราชนิพนธ์ของพระบาทสมเด็จพระมงกุฎเกล้า เจ้าอยู่หัว มีเค้าโครงเรองตาม “ธรรมะชาดก เอกาทสนิ,บาต" ว่าด้วยสงคราม ระหว่าง “ธรรมะเทวะบุตร์" กับ “อะธรรมะเท1วะบุตร์” สงครามดังกล่าวจบลงด้วย ชัยชนะของฝ่ายธรรมะ เมื่อพิจารณาด้วยทฤษฎีภาษาศาสตร์ปริชานจะพบว่า มีการใช้อุปลักษณ์ฟืนฐาน (primary metaphor) คู่ตรงข้ามเกี่ยวกับ “ความดี" และ “ความชั่ว" จำนวนหนึ่ง เช่น GOOD IS WHITE, BAD IS BLACK, GOOD IS CLEAN, BAD IS DIRTY, GOOD IS UP, BAD ...
2011년 총선으로 잉락 친나왓(Yingluck Shinawatra) 정부가 출범한 이후 잠잠했던 반정부 시위가 재현되었다. 과거 정치사범들에 대한 포괄적 사면이 시위의 주요 원인이었고 이로 인해 태국 정국은 또 다시 혼란에 빠지고 있다. 태국은 1932 년 입헌군주제 도입이후 19 번의 군사 쿠데타가 발생했을 정도로 정정이 불안해 왔다. 2000 년대 이전에는 군부 간, 그리고 군부와 민주세력 간의 싸움으로 정권이 교체되었고, 이후에는 시위를 통한 정권 축출이 반복되어 왔다.. 근 80 여 년의 민주헌정 경험을 가지고 있는 태국 정치가 현재까지도 불안한 모습을 보이고 있는 원인을 살펴보는 것이 본 논문의 연구목적이다.
첫째, 군부의 영향력으로 군부는 태국 정치를 좌지우지한 오랜 전통을 갖고 있다. 1992 년 이후 민간정부가 이...