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Buddhist monks and the politics of Lanka's Civil War ethnoreligious nationalism of the Sinhala saṅgha and peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010

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.
Print Book, English, 2016
Equinox, Sheffield, UK, 2016
xvii, 274 Seiten
9781781790786, 9781781795743, 1781790787, 1781795746
1023573187
Preface Acknowledgement Notes on Translations, Pali and Sinhala Words 1. A Paradise - Poisoned? 2. The Social and Political Role of the Sangha in Lanka 3. An Army in Yellow Robes: Sangha Political Resistance 1815-2010 4. Three Sangha Activists and their Politics 5. Federalism and Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism Epilogue Appendix
Includes bibliographical references and index