Buddhism betrayed? : religion, politics, and violence in Sri Lanka

Author(s)

• Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja

Bibliographic Information

Buddhism betrayed? : religion, politics, and violence in Sri Lanka

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

（A Monograph of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University）

University of Chicago Press, 1992

• : cloth
• : paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka--given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy--are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.

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Details

• NCID: BA18192663
• ISBN:
  • 0226789497
  • 0226789500
• LCCN: 91038944
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 203 p., [6] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BQ359
  • DC20 : 294.3/377/095493
  • NDC8 : 182.259
  • NDC7 : 180
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Buddhism and politics -- Sri Lanka
  • LCSH : Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18192696