Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka - Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

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.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Promise to Remember 2. Violence: Love and Hospitality 3. Love that B(l)inds 4. Future (Free) from Hate

About the author

Nimmi N. Menike is Senior Lecturer, Department of Language Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka. She was Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India for two years, and completed her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research informs language and literature in addressing violence in the context of constructing identities. She also volunteers at Daham Pahana, a charitable trust in Sri Lanka.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nimmi N. Menike, Nimmi N. (The Open University of Sri Lanka Menike
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032233130
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3223313-0
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Sri Lanka, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General, Buddhism, Violence in society, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Violence and abuse in society