Format:
1 online resource (xv, 250 pages)
ISBN:
9780203771631
,
9781135038359
,
9781135038335
,
9781135038342
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary South Asia series 72
Content:
1. The Mahavamsa as history and the pre-history of state formation -- 2. The cosmology of Buddhism, the Pali chronicles and the ontology of evil -- 3. Textual practices, Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness and dissonance -- 4. Galactic polities, cosmography and Buddhist sovereignty -- 5. The transformation of Sinhalese Buddhist consciousness in its colonial and postcolonial relation -- 6. Independence, land, citizenship and the cosmic order -- 7. Sinhalese revolutionaries, linguistic nationalism and Buddhism reimagined -- 8. Cosmology, constitutionalism and the Tamil other -- 9. Centralization, decentralization and the cosmology of Buddhism -- 10. Conclusion : rethinking community in Sri Lanka.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-241) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415462662
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138575547
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415462662
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203771631
