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A DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS ON THAILAND CONSTITUTION’S PREAMBLES: A POLITICAL LANGUAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAI POLITICAL ‘TRUTH’ |
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| Creator | Pixitthikun KAEW-NGAM |
| Title | A DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS ON THAILAND CONSTITUTION’S PREAMBLES: A POLITICAL LANGUAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAI POLITICAL ‘TRUTH’ |
| Publisher | Asian Crime and Society Review |
| Publication Year | 2567 |
| Journal Title | Asian Crime and Society Review |
| Journal Vol. | 11 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 11–20 |
| Keyword | Thailand Constitution’s Preamble, Discursive Analysis, Constructive Thai Political TRUTH |
| URL Website | https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJCLSI/index |
| Website title | https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJCLSI/article/view/268061 |
| ISSN | 3027-6896 |
| Abstract | Almost 90 years after the Siamese Revolution of 1932, Thailand promulgated 20 constitutions to legitimize the political power in Thailand. There were also 21 times of the successful and unsuccessful coup d’état which labeled Thailand as the ‘4th most constitution changing country in the world’. A so-often coup d’états have affected Thailand Constitutions with more complexity, more categories, and a more statutory or constitutional interpretation. This article provides a brand-new approach to understanding Thai politics by connote-to-conceal the political intention behind the rich texts of Thailand Constitution’s Preambles. The purpose is to reveal the power relation effecting in the legal and the social organization of the Kingdom of Thailand. This article applied ‘Foucauldian Discourse Analysis’ into the investigation process on 20 Thailand Constitution’s Preambles. The result found some crucial discourses indicating some substantive confluence between the National Security, The Army, and the King against the ‘Democratic’ People Participation. The synonymous between the ethical majestic of the Thai King, the peacemaker Junta, and the limitation of the King subject’s participation has been constituted as the ‘TRUTH’ in the legitimization of Thai political power while the people’s raising for democracy has been depreciated on the contrary. |
