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Focusing on the historical events of post-independence Sri Lanka, S. J. Tambiah analyzes the causes of the violent conflict between the majority Sinhalese Buddhists and the minority Tamils. He demonstrates that the crisis is primarily a result of recent societal stresses--educational expansions, linguistic policy, unemployment, uneven income distribution, population movements, contemporary uses of the past as religious and national ideology, and trends toward authoritarianism--rather than age-old racial and religious differences. In this concise, informative, lucidly written book, scrupulously documented and well indexed, [Tambiah] trains his dispassionate anthropologist's eye on the tangled roots of an urgent, present-day problem in the passionate hope that enlightenment, understanding, and a generous spirit of compromise may yet be able to prevail.--Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor An incredibly rich and balanced analysis of the crisis. It is exemplary in highlighting the general complexities of ethnic crises in long-lived societies carrying a burden of historical memories.--Amita Shastri, Journal of Asian Studies Tambiah makes an eloquent case for pluralist democracy in a country abundantly endowed with excuses to abandon such an approach to politics.--Donald L. Horowitz, New RepublicAn excellent and thought-provoking book, for anyone who cares about Sri Lanka.--Paul Sieghart, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: Sri Lanka--Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
• Autor: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 205
• EAN: 9780226789521
• ISBN: 0226789527
• ID: 04549868
• Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press
• Waga: 274 g
• Wymiary: 217 × 145 × 12 mm
• Data wydania: 27. August 1991

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