Deconstructing buddhist extremism: lessons from Sri Lanka

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Kumar Ramakrishna
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Social sciences::Political science; Religious Extremism; Buddhist Extremism
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153952

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...