H L Seneviratne
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 194468 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | H L Seneviratne |
| NOMBRES | H L |
| APELLIDO | Seneviratne |
| FIRMA | SENEVIRATNE H L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Virginia |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1973 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Work of Kings
Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, Sri Lankan anthropologist H.L. Seneviratne unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Beginning with Anagarika Dharmapala's rationalization of Buddhism in the early-20th century, which called for monks to take …
Buddhist Monks and Ethnic Politics
Sri Lanka
Identity, Consciousness and the Past
Self and other in ethnicity and bureaucracy
Tambiah, S. J., Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1986. xi + 198 pp. including chapter references and Index. $17.95 cloth. Raby, Namika, Kachcheri Bureaucracy in Sri Lanka. Foreign and Comparative Studies/South Asia Series. No. 10. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Syracuse University 1985. 188 pp. excluding chapter references and index. $12.00 paper
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Kingship and Polity in Buddhism and Hinduism
Aditi
The Forest Monks of Sri Lanka
A Critique of Religion and Power in the Sociological Sciences
La relation entre la religion et la politique a été comprise presque universellement dans la littérature sociologique comme une relation d'utilisation consciente de la religion en vue d'attein dre et de légitimer le pouvoir politique. Cette vue repose sur l'hypothèse étonnante selon laquelle toutes les sociétés ont une structure idéologique semblable. En réalité, nous pouvons catégo riser le monde ethnographique en deux types idéaux de sociétés -…
Continuity in Sri Lanka
Selfless Persons
Preface Introduction Part I. The Cultural and Social Setting of Buddhist Thought: 1. The origins of rebirth 2. Varieties of Buddhist discourse Part II. The Doctrine of Not-Slef: 3. The denial of self as 'right view' 4. Views, attachment, and 'emptiness' Part III. Personality and Rebirth: 5. The individual of 'conventional truth' 6. 'Neither the same nor different' Part IV. Continuity: 7. Conditioning and consciousness 8. Momentariness and the bha…
Rituals of the Kandyan State
Bodhipuja
In traditional Buddhism, the Bodhi. Tree-a symbol of the Buddha-is worshipped for the accumulation of merit (pin) for the other-worldly purpose of gaining desirable rebirths. Subordinately, the Bodhi has also been worshipped for the purpose of gaining specific ends in this world. Dynamic modern Buddhist movements in urban Sri Lanka emphasize Buddhist worship as opposed to deity worship for gaining this-worldly benefit. This latter orientation pro…
Rituals of the Kandyan State
Politics and Pageantry
Aristocrats and Rituals in Contemporary Ceylon
Buddhism and Spirit Cults in North-East Thailand
L'ordination boudhiste à Ceylan
The Buddhist Ordination Rite in eighteenth century Ceylon is seen as having two kinds of symbolic meanings, the first internal to the rite and the second related to the legitimisation of royal power. The rite presents in a highly dramatic form the act of renunciation, awa y from the web of social relations into the woods, and away from the world on the path of Ultimate Release (Nirvana). The novice is first dressed as a Ksatriya warrior and then …
Selfless Persons
Preface Introduction Part I. The Cultural and Social Setting of Buddhist Thought: 1. The origins of rebirth 2. Varieties of Buddhist discourse Part II. The Doctrine of Not-Slef: 3. The denial of self as 'right view' 4. Views, attachment, and 'emptiness' Part III. Personality and Rebirth: 5. The individual of 'conventional truth' 6. 'Neither the same nor different' Part IV. Continuity: 7. Conditioning and consciousness 8. Momentariness and the bha…
The Work of Kings
Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, Sri Lankan anthropologist H.L. Seneviratne unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Beginning with Anagarika Dharmapala's rationalization of Buddhism in the early-20th century, which called for monks to take …
Bodhipuja
In traditional Buddhism, the Bodhi. Tree-a symbol of the Buddha-is worshipped for the accumulation of merit (pin) for the other-worldly purpose of gaining desirable rebirths. Subordinately, the Bodhi has also been worshipped for the purpose of gaining specific ends in this world. Dynamic modern Buddhist movements in urban Sri Lanka emphasize Buddhist worship as opposed to deity worship for gaining this-worldly benefit. This latter orientation pro…
The Forest Monks of Sri Lanka
Continuity in Sri Lanka
Politics and Pageantry
Buddhist Monks and Ethnic Politics
Identity, Consciousness and the Past
Kingship and Polity in Buddhism and Hinduism
A Critique of Religion and Power in the Sociological Sciences
La relation entre la religion et la politique a été comprise presque universellement dans la littérature sociologique comme une relation d'utilisation consciente de la religion en vue d'attein dre et de légitimer le pouvoir politique. Cette vue repose sur l'hypothèse étonnante selon laquelle toutes les sociétés ont une structure idéologique semblable. En réalité, nous pouvons catégo riser le monde ethnographique en deux types idéaux de sociétés -…
Aristocrats and Rituals in Contemporary Ceylon
L'ordination boudhiste à Ceylan
The Buddhist Ordination Rite in eighteenth century Ceylon is seen as having two kinds of symbolic meanings, the first internal to the rite and the second related to the legitimisation of royal power. The rite presents in a highly dramatic form the act of renunciation, awa y from the web of social relations into the woods, and away from the world on the path of Ultimate Release (Nirvana). The novice is first dressed as a Ksatriya warrior and then …
Buddhism and Spirit Cults in North-East Thailand
L'ordination boudhiste à Ceylan
The Buddhist Ordination Rite in eighteenth century Ceylon is seen as having two kinds of symbolic meanings, the first internal to the rite and the second related to the legitimisation of royal power. The rite presents in a highly dramatic form the act of renunciation, awa y from the web of social relations into the woods, and away from the world on the path of Ultimate Release (Nirvana). The novice is first dressed as a Ksatriya warrior and then …
Aristocrats and Rituals in Contemporary Ceylon
Politics and Pageantry
Rituals of the Kandyan State
Bodhipuja
In traditional Buddhism, the Bodhi. Tree-a symbol of the Buddha-is worshipped for the accumulation of merit (pin) for the other-worldly purpose of gaining desirable rebirths. Subordinately, the Bodhi has also been worshipped for the purpose of gaining specific ends in this world. Dynamic modern Buddhist movements in urban Sri Lanka emphasize Buddhist worship as opposed to deity worship for gaining this-worldly benefit. This latter orientation pro…
Rituals of the Kandyan State
Continuity in Sri Lanka
Selfless Persons
Preface Introduction Part I. The Cultural and Social Setting of Buddhist Thought: 1. The origins of rebirth 2. Varieties of Buddhist discourse Part II. The Doctrine of Not-Slef: 3. The denial of self as 'right view' 4. Views, attachment, and 'emptiness' Part III. Personality and Rebirth: 5. The individual of 'conventional truth' 6. 'Neither the same nor different' Part IV. Continuity: 7. Conditioning and consciousness 8. Momentariness and the bha…
The Forest Monks of Sri Lanka
A Critique of Religion and Power in the Sociological Sciences
La relation entre la religion et la politique a été comprise presque universellement dans la littérature sociologique comme une relation d'utilisation consciente de la religion en vue d'attein dre et de légitimer le pouvoir politique. Cette vue repose sur l'hypothèse étonnante selon laquelle toutes les sociétés ont une structure idéologique semblable. En réalité, nous pouvons catégo riser le monde ethnographique en deux types idéaux de sociétés -…
Aditi
Kingship and Polity in Buddhism and Hinduism
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Self and other in ethnicity and bureaucracy
Tambiah, S. J., Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1986. xi + 198 pp. including chapter references and Index. $17.95 cloth. Raby, Namika, Kachcheri Bureaucracy in Sri Lanka. Foreign and Comparative Studies/South Asia Series. No. 10. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Syracuse University 1985. 188 pp. excluding chapter references and index. $12.00 paper
Sri Lanka
Identity, Consciousness and the Past
The Work of Kings
Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, Sri Lankan anthropologist H.L. Seneviratne unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Beginning with Anagarika Dharmapala's rationalization of Buddhism in the early-20th century, which called for monks to take …
Buddhist Monks and Ethnic Politics
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