Buddhist Monks and the Politics of Lanka’s Civil War
Ethnoreligious Nationalism of the Sinhala Saṅgha and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka, 1995-2010
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2018
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78179-574-3 (ISBN)
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78179-574-3 (ISBN)
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The war in Sri Lanka was violent and costly in human and material terms. This was one of the longest wars in modern South Asia. Often referred to as an `ethnic’ conflict between the majority Sinhalas and the minority Tamils, the war had a profound religious dimension. The majority of Sinhala Buddhist monks (the Saṅgha) not only opposed any meaningful powersharing but latterly advocated an all-out military solution. Such a nexus between Buddhism and violence is paradoxical; nevertheless it has a historical continuity. In 2009 when the war ended amid serious questions of war crimes and crimes against humanity, monks defended the military and its Buddhist leadership.
Taking the lives of three key Saṅgha 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. It analyzes Sinhala Buddhist ethnoreligious nationalism and argues for the urgent need to engage Buddhist politics – in Lanka and elsewhere – with approaches and mechanisms that accommodate the Saṅgha as key actors in political reform.
Sinhala Buddhism is often studied from a sociological or anthropological standpoint. This book fills a gap by examining the faith and practice of the Sinhala Saṅgha and their followers from a political science perspective.
Taking the lives of three key Saṅgha 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. It analyzes Sinhala Buddhist ethnoreligious nationalism and argues for the urgent need to engage Buddhist politics – in Lanka and elsewhere – with approaches and mechanisms that accommodate the Saṅgha as key actors in political reform.
Sinhala Buddhism is often studied from a sociological or anthropological standpoint. This book fills a gap by examining the faith and practice of the Sinhala Saṅgha and their followers from a political science perspective.
Suren Rāghavan is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Buddhist Studies - Wolfson College University of Oxford.
Preface
Acknowledgement
Notes on Translations, Pāli and Sinhala Words
1. A Paradise - Poisoned?
2. The Social and Political Role of the Saṅgha 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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs |
| Zusatzinfo | 6 figures |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78179-574-6 / 1781795746 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78179-574-3 / 9781781795743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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