Book
Buddhism betrayed?: religion, politics and violence in Sri Lanka
The University of Chicago Press ; The University of Chicago Press, Ltd. • Chicago, Ill. • Published In 1992 • Pages: xix, 203
By: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the role and participation of Buddhist monks and lay persons, adherents of a non-violent philosophy, in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese majority against the Tamil minority population in Sri Lanka. Tambiah explores the ways in which this seemingly inconsistent behavior takes place '…by looking closely at the past century of Sri Lankan history and tracing the development of Buddhism's participation in such ethnic conflict and collective violence' (cover). The author analyzes the ways in which this participation has, over time, come to change the very meaning of Buddhism itself as a lived reality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethnic stratification
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Tribe and nation
- Prophets and ascetics
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sinhalese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1860s-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sri Lanka
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91038944
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)