Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tessa J Bartholomeusz |
| ISBN: | 0700716815 9780700716814 0700716823 9780700716821 9780203994801 0203994809 |
| OCLC Number: | 50028818 |
| Description: | xxii, 209 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Narratives, Ethics and War; 2. Just-War Thinking in Texts and Contexts; 3. Dharma Yuddhaya and Dharma Warriors in Sri Lanka; 4. Buddhism, Pacifism, War and Ethical Orientations; 5. Sri Lankan Buddhism and Just-War Thinking Revisited |
| Series Title: | RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism. |
| Responsibility: | Tessa Bartholomeusz. |
| More information: |
Reviews
Editorial reviews
Publisher Synopsis
'Bartholomeusz's provocative book explores the arguements for and against the justice of war in the Buddhist tradition of Sri Lanka. This interdisciplinary work analyzes Buddhist ideas in relation to western just war and ethical theory.' - Journal of Military Ethics 2003 Read more...
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "In defense of Dharma : just-war ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(14)
- Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka.
- Ethnic conflict -- Religious aspects -- Sri Lanka.
- Just war doctrine -- History -- 20th century.
- War -- Religious aspects.
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations.
- Theravada-Boeddhisme.
- Ethiek.
- Buddhismus.
- Bürgerkrieg.
- Gerechter Krieg.
- Sri Lanka.
- Tamilen.
- Just war doctrine -- History -- 20 th century.
