Buddhist Civilisational Populism in Sri Lanka: Colonial Identity Formation, Post-War Othering, and Present Crises
In this paper, I discuss the evolution of Buddhist civilisational populism in modern Sri Lankan politics and civil society. I do this by historicising early forms of Buddhist civilisational populism in the country, during its occupation by the British Empire (1815–1945). As I discuss in this paper,...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2 |
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civilisational populism
B Ethnic conflict B Anti-colonialism B Sri Lanka B Buddhist nationalism |
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