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Boekhandel Douwes Den Haag

Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

Menike, Nimmi N. (The Open University of Sri Lanka)

Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

 

This book examines the idea of violence in the context of religion and literature. It addresses the question of freedom, compassion, emancipation, love, ethics responsibility, and peace in the Buddhist nationalist discourse in Sri Lanka, against the backdrop of Shyam Selvadurai’s novel, The Hungry Ghosts.

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Beschrijving Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

This book examines the idea of violence in the context of religion and literature. It addresses the question of freedom, compassion, emancipation, love, ethics responsibility, and peace in the Buddhist nationalist discourse in Sri Lanka, against the backdrop of Shyam Selvadurai’s novel, The Hungry Ghosts.

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