Deconstructing buddhist extremism: lessons from Sri Lanka

• 主要作者: Kumar Ramakrishna
• 其他作者: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2022
• 主題: Social sciences::Political science; Religious Extremism; Buddhist Extremism
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153952
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

This article argues that it is not Buddhism, per se, but rather Buddhist extremism, that is responsible for violence against relevant out-groups. Moreover, it suggests that the causes of Buddhist extremism, rather than being determined solely by textual and scriptural justifications for out-group vi...