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Bartholomeusz Tessa J |
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Titolo |
In Defense of Dharma [[electronic resource] ] : Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002 |
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1-135-78856-1 |
1-135-78857-X |
1-280-11380-4 |
0-203-99480-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism ; ; v.24 |
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294.3377095493 |
294.35624209593 |
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Buddhism |
Buddhism - Social aspects - Sri Lanka |
Ethnic conflict |
Ethnicity |
History |
Just war doctrine |
Moral and ethical aspects |
Religious aspects |
Social aspects |
Sri Lanka |
Violence |
War |
Buddhism - Social aspects - 20th century - Sri Lanka |
Ethnic conflict - Religious aspects - Sri Lanka |
Ethnic conflict - History |
Just war doctrine - Religious aspects |
War - Moral and ethical aspects |
Religion |
Philosophy & Religion |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Foreword; Editors' preface; Preface; 1 Narrative, ethics, and war; 2 Just-war thinking in texts and contexts; 3 Dharma yuddhaya and dharma warriors in Sri Lanka; 4 Buddhism, pacifism, war, and ethical orientations; 5 Sri Lankan Buddhism and just-war thinking revisited; Selected bibliography; Primary sources; Index |
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This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Though Buddhism is commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this study suggests otherwise, thereby bringing Buddhism into the ethical dialogue on religion and war. Without a realistic consideration of just-war |
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UNINA9910794982903321 |
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Autore |
McIlwain Christopher Lyle |
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1865 Alabama : from civil war to uncivil peace / / Christopher Lyle McIlwain Sr |
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Tuscaloosa, [Alabama] : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 pages) |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Alabama |
Alabama Politics and government 1865-1950 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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