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Author | : Patrick Grant |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2009-01-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0791493679 |
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Patrick Grant explores the relationship between Buddhism and violent ethnic conflict in modern Sri Lanka using the concept of "regressive inversion." Regressive inversion occurs when universal teaching, such as that of the Buddha, is redeployed to supercharge passions associated with the kinds of group loyalty that the universal teaching itself intends to transcend. The book begins with an account of the main teachings of Theravada Buddhism and looks at how these inform, or fail to inform, modern interpreters. Grant considers the writings of three key figures—Anagarika Dharmapala, Walpola Rahula, and J. R. Jayewardene—who addressed Buddhism and politics in the years leading up to Sri Lanka's political independence from Britain, and subsequently, in postcolonial Sri Lanka. This book makes the Sri Lankan conflict accessible to readers interested in the modern global phenomenon of ethnic violence involving religion and also illuminates similar conflicts around the world.
Author | : Kinglsey M. De Silva |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2019-04-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0429718632 |
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This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at a South and South-east Asia regional workshop on 'Minorities in Buddhist Polities: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma', organised by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Sri Lanka, and the Thai Studies Programme of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The tenor for 'Minorities
Author | : Mahinda Deegalle |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2006-09-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1134241895 |
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Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, Buddhist studies and Pali examine multiple dimensions of the problem. Buddhist responses to the crisis are discussed in detail, along with how Buddhism can help to create peace in Sri Lanka. Evaluating the role of Buddhists and their institutions in bringing about an end to war and violence as well as possibly heightening the problem, this collection puts forward a critical analysis of the religious conditions contributing to continuing hostilities.
Author | : Chelvadurai Manogaran |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780824811167 |
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Concerns the treatment of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka.
Author | : K M de Silva |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2000-10-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9351184285 |
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A critical analysis of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka In the eighties, Sri Lanka, once considered the ‘model’ colony, was torn apart by ethnic strife between the predominantly Buddhist Sinhalas, constituting almost threequarters of the island’s inhabitants, and the numerically fewer Tamils, who were a mix of Hindus, Christians and Muslims. Massacres occurred after the riots of May 1983, and over time about 1,25,000 Tamils entered India as refugees, fleeing from a virtual civil war which still afflicts the north of the island. The author, a renowned Sri Lankan analyst of global ethnic conflict, discusses the historical reasons behind the ethnic violence, especially the growth of the Sinhalas’ feeling of being a beleagured minority despite their numerical strength. Analysing the present conflict, he shows how the language policy of ‘Sinhala Only’, followed by the government in the sixties, supplanted religion as a divisive factor and how rivalry over educational and employment opportunities fuelled the schism. Bringing the story up to the present, de Silva examines the role played by Indian and Tamil Nadu politicians, and President Kumaratunga’s efforts towards a devolution of power to the Tamil Provinces. But given the LTTE’s acceptance of nothing less than Eelam, he sees little hope of an early end to the violence that has racked Sri Lanka for almost two decades now.
Author | : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1992-07-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0226789500 |
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This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.
Author | : K. M. De Silva |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Birmanie - Relations interethniques |
ISBN | : 9780861879502 |
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Author | : KINGLSEY M. DE SILVA |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-04-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780367003227 |
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Author | : Kumari Jayawardena |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : K. M. De Silva |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 9789555801652 |
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Collection of select papers presented at a conference held in Kandy on 26-27 June 2014 on the theme of "25 Years in Retrospect: Buddhism, Ethnic Conflicts, and Religious Harmony in South and Southeast Asia."