Buddhist fundamentalism and minority identities in Sri Lanka

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Buddhist fundamentalism and minority identities in Sri Lanka

Tessa J. Bartholomeusz and Chandra R. de Silva, editors

State University of New York Press, c1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index

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Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka explores Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalist ideology and its power to shape the identities of Sri Lanka's ethnic and religious minorities. Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalists in contemporary Sri Lanka share an ideology that asserts a vital link between the island of Sri Lanka and the Sinhala people, especially in their role as curators of Buddhism, and often at the exclusion of the minorities. Minority responses to Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism are manifold, ranging from assimilation to the formation of rival fundamentalisms. The authors provide views of history markedly different from most scholarly reflections on Sri Lanka; thus, the history of shifting perceptions of Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism offered here constitutes an important contribution to the subaltern history of Sri Lanka. By treating both the development of Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism in the late nineteenth century and its hegemony in the late twentieth, this study links the present to the past.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Buddhist Fundamentalism and Identity in Sri Lanka Tessa J. Bartholomeusz and Chandra R. de Silva 2. Conflicts of Identity and Interpretation in Buddhism: The Clash between the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and the Government of President Premadasa George D. Bond 3. The Plurality of Buddhist Fundamentalism: An Inquiry into Views among Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka Chandra R. de Silva 4. The Impact of Land Reforms, Rural Images, and Nationalist Ideology on Plantation Tamils Oddvar Hollup 5. In the Shadow of Violence: "Tamilness" and the Anthropology of Identity in Southern Sri Lanka Pradeep Jeganathan 6. Sufi and Reformist Designs: Muslim Identity in Sri Lanka Victor C. de Munck 7. Sinhala Anglicans and Buddhism in Sri Lanka: When the "Other" Becomes You Tessa J. Bartholomeusz 8. Catholic Identity and Global Forces in Sinhala Sri Lanka R. L. Stirrat 9. Buddhist Burghers and Sinhala-Buddhist Fundamentalism Tessa J. Bartholomeusz 10. The Persistence of Political Buddhism John Clifford Holt Select Bibliography Contributors Index

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