Ethnic Conflict In Buddhist Societies

Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-00322-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at a South and South-east Asia regional workshop on 'Minorities in Buddhist Polities: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma', organised by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Sri Lanka, and the Thai Studies Programme of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The tenor for 'Minorities in Buddhist Polities' was set by K. M. de Silva, Executive Director of ICES, in his keynote address. While the workshop would focus attention on policy-orientated issues and adopt a practical approach to ethnic conflict in the Buddhist societies examined, he stressed that religion and its impact on society and politics in these nations would be a central concern.

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Silva, Kinglsey M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0. Introduction — Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Part I: Theoretical Issues 1. The Logic of Identity Profiles and the Ethic of Communal Violence: A Buddhist Perspective 2. Of Imagination and the State 3. Minorities in Buddhist Doctrine Part II: Buddhism, Minorities and Pubtic Poticy 4. Nationalism and the State in Sri Lanka 5. Minorities in Burmese History 6. Nationalism and the State in Thailand Part III: Buddhist Institutions and Minorities 7. Buddhist Resurgence and Christian Privilege in Sri Lanka,c. 1940–1965 8. Impact of the Dhammacarik Bhikkhus' Programme on the Hill Tribes of Thailand 9. Sri Lankan Monks on Ethnicity and Nationalism Part IV: Case Studies of Minorities in Buddhist Polities 10. The Indian Tamil Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka: Welfare and Integration 11. Religious Minorities in Burma in the Contemporary Period 12. The Lotus and the Crescent: Clashes of Religious Symbolisms in Southern Thailand 13. Sri Lanka's Muslim Minority

Über Autor(innen)

Kingsley M. de Silva is Professor of Sri Lanka History at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Nathan Katz is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa, and Editor of USF Monographs in Religion and Public Policy. Also edited by Pensri Duke and Ellen S. Goldberg.