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Nation, constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka / / Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne
| Nation, constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka / / Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne |
| Autore | De Silva Wijeyeratne Roshan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (583 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.54095493 |
| Collana | Routledge contemporary South Asia series |
| Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - Sri Lanka
Nationalism - Sri Lanka - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
| ISBN |
1-138-57554-2
1-138-67964-X 1-135-03834-1 0-203-77163-X 1-135-03835-X |
| Classificazione | POL009000POL022000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The mythic life of Sinhalese BuddhismOntology, evil and the state; 3. Textual practices, Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness and dissonance; Introduction; Dissonance and continuity in Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness; The aesthetic, oral and cultural consolidation of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness; The inside and outside of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness; 4. Galactic polities, cosmography and Buddhist sovereignty; Introduction; A genealogy of the galactic polity; Landscape, cosmography and the city of the gods; Galactic devolution, virtual sovereignty and the rituals of state
Kingship and contested cosmic orders5. The transformation of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness in its colonial and postcolonial relation; Introduction; The European encounter with Ceylon; The British encounter with the Asokan Persona; Colonial modernity, bureaucracy and the Buddhist imaginary; Orientalism and race; Constitutional reformism and nationalism; 6. Independence, land, citizenship and the cosmic order; Introduction; Onwards to independence; Enter modernist Buddhism; Senanayake, the Buddhist imaginary, land and the Indian Tamils 7. Sinhalese revolutionaries, linguistic nationalism and Buddhism reimaginedIntroduction; Sinhalese nationalist capture; Tamil nationalist response; 8. Cosmology, constitutionalism and the Tamil other; Introduction; Republicanism, Tamil separatism and Sinhalese insurrection; UNP rule, Buddhist righteousness and authoritarianism; 9. Centralization, decentralization and the cosmology of Buddhism; Introduction; The 1987 Indo-Sri Lankan Accord and the beginning of the end; Stumbling towards federalism; Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist resurgence; Towards the apothiosis of 1956 10. Conclusion: rethinking community in Sri LankaNotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790582203321 |
De Silva Wijeyeratne Roshan
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nation, constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka / / Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne
| Nation, constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka / / Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne |
| Autore | De Silva Wijeyeratne Roshan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (583 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.54095493 |
| Collana | Routledge contemporary South Asia series |
| Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - Sri Lanka
Nationalism - Sri Lanka - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
| ISBN |
1-138-57554-2
1-138-67964-X 1-135-03834-1 0-203-77163-X 1-135-03835-X |
| Classificazione | POL009000POL022000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The mythic life of Sinhalese BuddhismOntology, evil and the state; 3. Textual practices, Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness and dissonance; Introduction; Dissonance and continuity in Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness; The aesthetic, oral and cultural consolidation of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness; The inside and outside of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness; 4. Galactic polities, cosmography and Buddhist sovereignty; Introduction; A genealogy of the galactic polity; Landscape, cosmography and the city of the gods; Galactic devolution, virtual sovereignty and the rituals of state
Kingship and contested cosmic orders5. The transformation of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness in its colonial and postcolonial relation; Introduction; The European encounter with Ceylon; The British encounter with the Asokan Persona; Colonial modernity, bureaucracy and the Buddhist imaginary; Orientalism and race; Constitutional reformism and nationalism; 6. Independence, land, citizenship and the cosmic order; Introduction; Onwards to independence; Enter modernist Buddhism; Senanayake, the Buddhist imaginary, land and the Indian Tamils 7. Sinhalese revolutionaries, linguistic nationalism and Buddhism reimaginedIntroduction; Sinhalese nationalist capture; Tamil nationalist response; 8. Cosmology, constitutionalism and the Tamil other; Introduction; Republicanism, Tamil separatism and Sinhalese insurrection; UNP rule, Buddhist righteousness and authoritarianism; 9. Centralization, decentralization and the cosmology of Buddhism; Introduction; The 1987 Indo-Sri Lankan Accord and the beginning of the end; Stumbling towards federalism; Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist resurgence; Towards the apothiosis of 1956 10. Conclusion: rethinking community in Sri LankaNotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974544203321 |
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De Silva Wijeyeratne Roshan
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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