04267nam 22006855 450 991033786280332120200630114300.03-030-03517-410.1007/978-3-030-03517-4(CKB)4100000007335084(MiAaPQ)EBC5627299(DE-He213)978-3-030-03517-4(PPN)259462187(EXLCZ)99410000000733508420181230d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMilitant Buddhism The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand /by Peter Lehr1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (306 pages)3-030-03516-6 1 Introduction: Between Dhamma-Ghosa and Bheri-Ghosa -- 2 The Sound of War Drums: Political Theology and the Return of Religion -- 3 The Age of Suffering: Buddhist Discourses on Non-Violence in Theory and Practice -- 4 Monks in the Age of Suffering: World Renouncers and World Conquerors -- 5 Sri Lanka: “This Is the Island of Us Sinhalese People" -- 6 Burma: “You Cannot Sleep Next to a Mad Dog” -- 7 Thailand: “It Is Time to Arm Thai Buddhists” -- 8 Comparative Analysis: “Buddhism Is Not a Suicidal Utopianism” -- 9 Outlook: How to Deal with War Monks?.Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of ‘why’ and ‘how’ around it. We are well aware of Christian fundamentalism, militant Judaism and Islamist Salafism-Jihadism. Extremist and violent Buddhism however features only rarely in book-length studies on religion and political violence. Somehow, the very idea of Buddhist monks as the archetypical ‘world renouncers’ exhorting frenzied mobs to commit acts of violence against perceived ‘enemies of the religion’ seems to be outright ludicrous. Recent events in Myanmar/Burma, but also in Thailand and Sri Lanka, however indicate that a militant strand of Theravada Buddhism is on the rise. How can this rise be explained, and what role do monks play in that regard? These are the two broad questions that this book explores. Peter Lehr is Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St. Andrews, UK. An area specialist on South and Southeast Asia, Dr Lehr has published on a wide range of topics, including religion and (political) violence.Religion and politicsPeaceTerrorismPolitical violenceAsia—Politics and governmentBuddhismSecularismPolitics and Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911250Conflict Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912060Terrorism and Political Violencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912090Asian Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911110Buddhismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A2000Secularismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A8040Religion and politics.Peace.Terrorism.Political violence.Asia—Politics and government.Buddhism.Secularism.Politics and Religion.Conflict Studies.Terrorism and Political Violence.Asian Politics.Buddhism.Secularism.294.3376332294.3376332Lehr Peterauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1061109BOOK9910337862803321Militant Buddhism2517538UNINA