國立虎尾科技大學 |

Militant Buddhism = The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Militant Buddhism/ by Peter Lehr.
Reminder of title:	The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand /
Author:	Lehr, Peter.
Description:	VI, 306 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Terrorism. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03517-4
ISBN:	9783030035174

Militant Buddhism = The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand /
Lehr, Peter.

Militant BuddhismThe Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand /[electronic resource] :by Peter Lehr. - 1st ed. 2019. - VI, 306 p.online resource.

1 Introduction: Between Dhamma-Ghosa and Bheri-Ghosa -- 2 The Sound of War Drums: Political Theology and the Return of Religion -- 3 The Age of Suffering: Buddhist Discourses on Non-Violence in Theory and Practice -- 4 Monks in the Age of Suffering: World Renouncers and World Conquerors -- 5 Sri Lanka: “This Is the Island of Us Sinhalese People" -- 6 Burma: “You Cannot Sleep Next to a Mad Dog” -- 7 Thailand: “It Is Time to Arm Thai Buddhists” -- 8 Comparative Analysis: “Buddhism Is Not a Suicidal Utopianism” -- 9 Outlook: How to Deal with War Monks?.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of ‘why’ and ‘how’ around it. We are well aware of Christian fundamentalism, militant Judaism and Islamist Salafism-Jihadism. Extremist and violent Buddhism however features only rarely in book-length studies on religion and political violence. Somehow, the very idea of Buddhist monks as the archetypical ‘world renouncers’ exhorting frenzied mobs to commit acts of violence against perceived ‘enemies of the religion’ seems to be outright ludicrous. Recent events in Myanmar/Burma, but also in Thailand and Sri Lanka, however indicate that a militant strand of Theravada Buddhism is on the rise. How can this rise be explained, and what role do monks play in that regard? These are the two broad questions that this book explores. Peter Lehr is Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St. Andrews, UK. An area specialist on South and Southeast Asia, Dr Lehr has published on a wide range of topics, including religion and (political) violence.

ISBN: 9783030035174

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-03517-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

557490
Terrorism.

LC Class. No.: BL65.P7

Dewey Class. No.: 322.1

Militant Buddhism = The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand /
LDR:03155nam a22003855i 4500 001 1010999
003 DE-He213
005 20200630114300.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 210106s2019 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 $a 9783030035174 $9 978-3-030-03517-4
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-030-03517-4 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-030-03517-4
050 4 $a BL65.P7
072 7 $a HRAM2 $2 bicssc
072 7 $a REL084000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a QRAM2 $2 thema
082 0 4 $a 322.1 $2 23
100 1 $a Lehr, Peter. $4 aut $4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut $3 970794
245 1 0 $a Militant Buddhism $h [electronic resource] : $b The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand / $c by Peter Lehr.
250 $a 1st ed. 2019.
264 1 $a Cham : $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2019.
300 $a VI, 306 p. $b online resource.
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
347 $a text file $b PDF $2 rda
505 0 $a 1 Introduction: Between Dhamma-Ghosa and Bheri-Ghosa -- 2 The Sound of War Drums: Political Theology and the Return of Religion -- 3 The Age of Suffering: Buddhist Discourses on Non-Violence in Theory and Practice -- 4 Monks in the Age of Suffering: World Renouncers and World Conquerors -- 5 Sri Lanka: “This Is the Island of Us Sinhalese People" -- 6 Burma: “You Cannot Sleep Next to a Mad Dog” -- 7 Thailand: “It Is Time to Arm Thai Buddhists” -- 8 Comparative Analysis: “Buddhism Is Not a Suicidal Utopianism” -- 9 Outlook: How to Deal with War Monks?.
520 $a Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of ‘why’ and ‘how’ around it. We are well aware of Christian fundamentalism, militant Judaism and Islamist Salafism-Jihadism. Extremist and violent Buddhism however features only rarely in book-length studies on religion and political violence. Somehow, the very idea of Buddhist monks as the archetypical ‘world renouncers’ exhorting frenzied mobs to commit acts of violence against perceived ‘enemies of the religion’ seems to be outright ludicrous. Recent events in Myanmar/Burma, but also in Thailand and Sri Lanka, however indicate that a militant strand of Theravada Buddhism is on the rise. How can this rise be explained, and what role do monks play in that regard? These are the two broad questions that this book explores. Peter Lehr is Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St. Andrews, UK. An area specialist on South and Southeast Asia, Dr Lehr has published on a wide range of topics, including religion and (political) violence.
650 0 $a Terrorism. $3 557490
650 0 $a Religion and politics. $3 558124
650 0 $a Peace. $3 563174
650 0 $a Political violence. $3 567618
650 0 $a Asia—Politics and government. $3 1254308
650 0 $a Buddhism. $3 567194
650 0 $a Secularism. $3 800923
650 1 4 $a Politics and Religion. $3 1140702
650 2 4 $a Conflict Studies. $3 1105229
650 2 4 $a Terrorism and Political Violence. $3 1105326
650 2 4 $a Asian Politics. $3 1108061
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer Nature eBook
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783030035167
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783030035181
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03517-4
912 $a ZDB-2-POS
912 $a ZDB-2-SXPI
950 $a Political Science and International Studies (SpringerNature-41174)
950 $a Political Science and International Studies (R0) (SpringerNature-43724)