Colors of the Robe

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  • Colors of the Robe Book Detail

  • Author : Ananda Abeysekara
  • Release Date : 2002
  • Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages : 296
  • ISBN 13 : 9781570034671
  • File Size : 61,61 MB

Colors of the Robe by Ananda Abeysekara PDF Summary

Book Description: "Poised to spark debate among scholars of religious studies and other disciplines, Colors of the Robe sheds new light on the Sri Lankan Buddhist universe of ethics and politics and, more important, suggests innovative directions for the global study of religion, identity, culture, politics, and violence. In a volume that surpasses other studies in tracking, identifying, and locating Sri Lankan Buddhism in its sectarian, ethnic, cultural, social, and political constructions, Ananda Abeysekara lays down a challenge to postcolonial and postmodern theory. He argues that although criticisms have undermined the orientalist constructions of culture, they cannot help us understand, let alone theorize, the emergence of contemporary authoritative discourses that define distinctions involving religion and violence, identity and difference. Supplanting that aim, Abeysekara illuminates the shifting configurations that characterize the relations connected with postcolonial religious identity and culture."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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