Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka
Book Details
Author(s)
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
ISBN / ASIN
0226789500
ISBN-13
9780226789507
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#1,181,527
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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.
