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Sri Lanka--Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Focusing on the historical events of post-independence Sri Lanka, S. J. Tambiah analyzes the causes of the violent conflict between the majority Sinhalese Buddh
Leveling Crowds
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: Stanley J. Tambiah
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"In recent years much has been written about what Tambiah calls 'the strange malformations' that have resulted at the end of the twentieth century from complex
The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Nikolaos Biziouras
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-26 - Publisher: Routledge

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At the point of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was projected to be a success story in the developing world. However, in July 1983 a violent ethnic conflict whi
Buddhism Betrayed?
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-07-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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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 par
Radical Egalitarianism
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Felicity Aulino
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

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Contributions from scholars in anthropology, religion, and area studies--stemming from research in East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas col