Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Paperback, 1992

Status

Available

Call number

294.3377095493

Collection

Publication

University Of Chicago Press (1992), Edition: 1, Paperback, 224 pages

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.

Language

Physical description

224 p.; 8.35 inches

ISBN

0226789500 / 9780226789507
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