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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: Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings
Menike, Nimmi N. (The Open University of 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.
192 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 19, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9780367481803 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 156 |
Dimensions | 453 g |