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245 10 a| Nation, constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lankah| [electronic resource] /c| Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Routledge,c| 2014.;

300 a| xv, 250 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| Routledge contemporary South Asia series;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Focusing on Sri Lanka, this book offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about nationalism in South Asia. It looks at the 'capture' of Buddhism by militant Sinhalese nationalism in the colonial and postcolonial periods, and the framing of subsequent key constitutional legal moments. The book combines the dynamics of constitutionalism with the orbit of historical, political and anthropological scholarship on the cosmology of Sinhalese Buddhism and its relation to Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism. It explores four cases of legal-constitutional moments and offers a unique contribution to the politics and history of devolution in Sri Lanka. The book goes on to examine the way in which Buddhism, and particularly the Asokan state model, may in fact provide the intellectual resources for decentralized government beyond Sri Lanka in other parts of the Theravāda Buddhist world, such as Thailand and Burma. Presenting a timely analysis given the intensification of Sri Lanka's civil war since the election in 2005 of President Mahinda Rajapakse on an overtly ultra nationalist Sinhalese Buddhist platform, this book is of interest to scholars of South Asian Studies, anthropology, sociology, ethnicity and political science"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Nation, constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka / Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne.

Author/creator	De Silva Wijeyeratne, Roshan
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Description	xv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Nationalism--Sri Lanka. Nationalism--Sri Lanka. --Religious aspects. --Buddhism. Sri Lanka--Politics and government.

Series	Routledge contemporary South Asia series
Abstract	"Focusing on Sri Lanka, this book offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about nationalism in South Asia. It looks at the 'capture' of Buddhism by militant Sinhalese nationalism in the colonial and postcolonial periods, and the framing of subsequent key constitutional legal moments. The book combines the dynamics of constitutionalism with the orbit of historical, political and anthropological scholarship on the cosmology of Sinhalese Buddhism and its relation to Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism. It explores four cases of legal-constitutional moments and offers a unique contribution to the politics and history of devolution in Sri Lanka. The book goes on to examine the way in which Buddhism, and particularly the Asokan state model, may in fact provide the intellectual resources for decentralized government beyond Sri Lanka in other parts of the Theravāda Buddhist world, such as Thailand and Burma. Presenting a timely analysis given the intensification of Sri Lanka's civil war since the election in 2005 of President Mahinda Rajapakse on an overtly ultra nationalist Sinhalese Buddhist platform, this book is of interest to scholars of South Asian Studies, anthropology, sociology, ethnicity and political science"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012049409
ISBN	9780415462662 (hardback)

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