Buddhism and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka / / Patrick Grant
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Grant Patrick <1941->
|
| Titolo: |
Buddhism and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka / / Patrick Grant
|
| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (163 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 294.3095493 |
| Soggetto topico: | Buddhist renewal - Sri Lanka |
| Nationalism - Religious aspects - Buddhism | |
| Ethnic conflict - Sri Lanka | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-139) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. READING BUDDHISM -- 1. Vedic Tradition and the Buddha: How to Say the Unsayable -- 2. Buddhism: The Art of the Detached Agonist -- PART II. READING SRI LANKA -- 3. Sri Lanka: Buddhist Self-Representation and the Genesis of the Modern Conflict -- 4. Anagarika Dharmapala: Buddhism, Science, and the Crisis of Historical Imagination -- 5. Walpola Rahula and Gamini: Salgado Buddhism, Dialogue,and the Political Imaginary -- 6. J. R. Jayewardene: Playing with Fire -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Buddhism and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-9367-9 |
| 1-4416-1574-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825290203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |