Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology: Implications for Politics and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka
December 14, 2007 1:47 PM Subscribe
From the Abstract:posted by chunking express at 1:48 PM on December 14, 2007
Surely there's more than just the abstract for a 104 page pdf to back this up!
That said, this is a favorite topic of mine - westerners tend to think of buddhism as a magical religion that is incorruptible, which is really fucking irritating to this western buddhist. We can look to Sri Lanka, Burma and the former feudal theocracy of Tibet to tell us otherwise. No one's doing buddhism any favors by thinking power won't corrupt it just like it does anything else.
posted by smartyboots at 2:18 AM on December 15, 2007
That said, this is a favorite topic of mine - westerners tend to think of buddhism as a magical religion that is incorruptible, which is really fucking irritating to this western buddhist. We can look to Sri Lanka, Burma and the former feudal theocracy of Tibet to tell us otherwise. No one's doing buddhism any favors by thinking power won't corrupt it just like it does anything else.
posted by smartyboots at 2:18 AM on December 15, 2007
Interesting. That's a whole lotta ground to cover, and I don't have time to read atm.
Rather sympathetic to the Tamils, with the pro-devolution stance. My tendency is to think of devolution as a geographic policy which leads to distinclty-concentrated and potentially antagonistic regional power. How exactly would devolution lead to a plural society?
posted by honest knave at 6:46 AM on December 15, 2007
Rather sympathetic to the Tamils, with the pro-devolution stance. My tendency is to think of devolution as a geographic policy which leads to distinclty-concentrated and potentially antagonistic regional power. How exactly would devolution lead to a plural society?
posted by honest knave at 6:46 AM on December 15, 2007
He's written a book on this topic as well, though I haven't had a chance to read it. It sounds like it covers similar material.
posted by chunking express at 6:40 AM on December 17, 2007
posted by chunking express at 6:40 AM on December 17, 2007
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