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

by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Lal Jayawardena (Foreword)

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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 participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.
  • ISBN10 0226789497
  • ISBN13 9780226789491
  • Publish Date 15 July 1992
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 8 March 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English