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Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka's Civil War: Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala San.gha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010 (Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs)
Suren Raghavan
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Hardcover. Taking the lives of three key Sangha activists as the modern framework of a Sinhala Buddhist worldview, this book examines the limitations of Western theories of peacebuilding and such solutions as federalism and multinationalism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1569.
The war in Sri Lanka was violent and costly in human and material terms. This was one of the longest wars in modern South Asia. Often referred to as an 'ethnic' conflict between the majority Sinhalas and the minority Tamils, the war had a profound religious dimension. The majority of Sinhala Buddhist monks (the Sangha) not only opposed any meaningful powersharing but latterly advocated an all-out military solution. Such a nexus between Buddhism and violence is paradoxical; nevertheless it has a historical continuity. In 2009 when the war ended amid serious questions of war crimes and crimes against humanity, monks ... Read more
The war in Sri Lanka was violent and costly in human and material terms. This was one of the longest wars in modern South Asia. Often referred to as an 'ethnic' conflict between the majority Sinhalas and the minority Tamils, the war had a profound religious dimension. The majority of Sinhala Buddhist monks (the Sangha) not only opposed any meaningful powersharing but latterly advocated an all-out military solution. Such a nexus between Buddhism and violence is paradoxical; nevertheless it has a historical continuity. In 2009 when the war ended amid serious questions of war crimes and crimes against humanity, monks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781790786
SKU
V9781781790786
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99-13
About Suren Raghavan
Suren Raghavan is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Buddhist Studies - Wolfson College University of Oxford. In 2006 Raghavan won the first Asian award for Federal Studies from James Madison Trust, the Overseas Research Scholars Award of the British Government in 2008 and the Swiss Federal Government Scholarship for Minority Studies in 2011. His publications include Politics of ... Read more
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