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

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. Autor: Nimmi N. (The Open University of Sri Lanka) Menike Wydawnictwo: Taylor & Francis Rok wydania: 2024 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 156 Wymiary: 23.4 x 15.6 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781032233130