Deconstructing buddhist extremism: lessons from Sri Lanka

• Main Author: Kumar Ramakrishna
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Religious Extremism; Buddhist Extremism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153952
• Institution: 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...