Bruce Matthews

Biographic Data

ID3671446
NAMEBruce Matthews
GIVEN NAMESBruce
FAMILY NAMEMatthews
SIGNATUREMATTHEWS B
AFFILIATIONSAcadia University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS49
TOTAL CITATIONS75
AUTHOR COUNT48
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX5

  • Schelling: A Brief Biographical Sketch of the Odysseus of German Idealism

    Open AccessBruce MatthewsCHAPTERPalgrave Handbook of German…2014

    Our current understanding of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling warrants replacing Hegel's caricature of him as philosophical Proteus with a historically accurate account, in which Schelling emerges more the Odysseus, whose philosophical journey encompasses far more than just the beginnings and end of German Idealism. Indeed, when we consider the territory traversed in the some sixty years of his philosophical activity, we encounter an intell…

  • Schelling's Organic Form of Philosophy: Life as the Schema of Freedom

    Bruce MatthewsBOOKSchelling's organic form of…2011

  • Tom Faulkner 24 July 1945-13 July 2010

    Open AccessBruce Matthews, Nora Foster StovelARTICLEStudies in Religion/Sciences…2011

  • Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma

    Michael Gravers, Bruce MatthewsREVIEWJournal of Social Issues in…2010Cited by: 7

    While the image of modern Myanmar/Burma tends to be couched in human rights terms - and especially of a heroic Aung San Suu Kyi opposing an oppressive military regime - in reality there are several

  • The Limits of International Engagement in Human Rights Situations: The Case of Sri Lanka

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEPacific Affairs2009

    The limits of international engagement in situations where rights are in question is a pressing topic in many parts of the world. Sri Lanka is an urgent example of a country in need of mending its dismal rights record and poor reputation in the matter. A 2002 cease fire between the forces of the state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LITE) gave way in February 2008 to outright civil war. By March 2009, the LITE appeared to be essentially…

  • Myanmar: Prospects and Perils for the Military Junta

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEPacific Affairs2008

  • Christian Evangelical Conversions and the Politics of Sri Lanka

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEPacific Affairs2007Cited by: 11

    Lanka remains a country in considerable political distress. The most visible and serious dimension of this is a continuing low-intensity civil war between the state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), largely confined to the north and east but steadily moving south into the heartland of the Buddhist majority.1 This has exacerbated ethnic and religious tensions. The majority Sinhalese (15 million or 75 percent of the population) are l…

  • Buddhism in Canada

    Bruce MatthewsBOOKBuddhism in Canada2006

    Foreword Paul Bramadat Preface Bruce Matthews Buddhism in British Columbia James Placzek and Larry DeVreis Buddhism in Alberta Leslie Kawamura Buddhism in Saskatchewan and Manitoba James G. Mullens Buddhist Diversity in Ontario Kay Koppedrayer and Mavis L. Fenn Buddhism in the Greater Toronto Area: The Politics of Recognition Janet McLellan Lao Buddhism in Toronto: A Case Study of Community Relations Mary Beth White Buddhism in Quebec Louis-Jacqu…

  • Myanmar ́ s Human and Economic Crisis and Its Regional Implications

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLESoutheast Asian affairs2006

    Myanmar is a leading example of what represents, at least by some definitions, a failed state: tyrannically governed by a military junta whose sullen leaders are seldom seen in public, with a downtrodden, impoverished, and dispirited citizenry ? most of whom struggle to survive, at best with the most basic standard of living.1 Except for the swollen hierarchy of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), upper elements of the armed forces (S…

  • Myanmar ́ s Human and Economic Crisis and Its Regional Implications

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLESoutheast Asian affairs2006

  • In pursuit of an ‘interim administration’ in Sri Lanka's North and East: Opportunity or ‘peace trap’

    Open AccessBruce MatthewsARTICLEThe Round Table2004

    After 19 years of exhausting civil war between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a long‐term ceasefire was signed in February 2002. Government critics argue that this is a windfall for the war‐weary LTTE, allowing time for rearmament. Some LTTE supporters are suspicious that the ceasefire will impede their goal of political autonomy. This article reviews the topic from several perspectives. These include…

  • Myanmar: Beyond the Reach of International Relief

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLESoutheast Asian affairs2001

    Like my own people in neighbouring Tibet, you suffer under an oppressive regime beyond the reach of relief. These words addressed to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by the Dalai Lama on her 55th birthday provide a focus to the myriad challenges that confronted Myanmar in 2000.1 They point to the sombre life-style of a people who, though not starved or enslaved, survive in what is largely a subsistence economy, for the most part in an atmosphere of political…

  • Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America . Charles S. Prebish

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEThe Journal of Religion2001

  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Buddhism

    Bruce Matthews, Padmasiri De SilvaARTICLEPacific Affairs2001

    Author's Preface Foreword Alastair S. Gunn Introduction Environmental Philosophy of Buddhism Buddhist Ethics Moral Dilemmas, Moral Weakness and Deception Buddhist Environmental Ethics Ecological Sensibility and Pedagogy Green Economics and Buddhist Economics Putting the Threads Together References Index

  • Identites, Territoire et Environnement en Asie du Sudest: Identities, Territory and Environment in Southeast Asia

    David S Moyer, Rodolphe De Koninck et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs2000

  • Burma/Myanmar

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEThe Round Table1999

    The government of Myanmar formally permits a multiparty system. However, the only party of significance is the National League for Democracy (NLD) under the leadership of its Secretary General, 53-year-old Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Daw Suu Kyi leads a precarious political and personal life. Denied access to the Burmese public, Daw Suu Kyi's strategy is to engage the government with a ceaseless and brilliant public relations campaign largely exercised…

  • Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka

    Bruce Matthews, Tessa J Bartholomeuz et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1999Cited by: 14

  • Merit and Blessing: In Mainland Southeast Asian Comparative Perspective

    Bruce Matthews, Cornelia Ann Kammerer et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1998

  • The Present Fortune of Tradition-Bound Authoritarianism in Myanmar

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEPacific Affairs1998Cited by: 1

    M NMARCH, 1997, during a visit to Pagan, the capital site of Myanmar's J medieval Golden Age, I happened upon a strange scene.' At the Gubyaukgyi and Myazedi Zeidis (pagodas), two so-called Victory Spots (aungmyay or winning ground) had been recently identified. The pagodas were appropriately out of bounds, but curiously one of the victory spots was accessible to the public for a few hours prior to the visit of the wife and daughter of the head o…

  • Religious minorities in Myanmar—Hints of the shadow

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEContemporary South Asia1995Cited by: 3References: 5

    1995). Religious minorities in Myanmar—Hints of the shadow. Contemporary South Asia: Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 287-308

  • University Education in Sri Lanka in Context: Consequences of Deteriorating Standards

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEPacific Affairs1995Cited by: 3

    JT WAS 1989, at the height of the second Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front) attempted insurrection. I was at the University of Peradeniya for two months. I found myself working virtually alone in the university's vast, splendid library. At the time, I attributed this to the fact that the JVP had effectively closed all of the country's southern universities.' But this was not the only cause for the emptiness of this usually busy…

  • Devolution of power in Sri Lanka: The problems of implementation

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEThe Round Table1994

  • Myanmar's agony: The struggle for democracy

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEThe Round Table1993References: 4

    (1993). Myanmar's agony: The struggle for democracy. The Round Table: Vol. 82, No. 325, pp. 37-49

  • Buddhism under a Military Regime: The Iron Heel in Burma

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEAsian Survey1993Cited by: 9

    Research Article| April 01 1993 Buddhism under a Military Regime: The Iron Heel in Burma Bruce Matthews Bruce Matthews Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1993) 33 (4): 408–423. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645106 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site …

  • The Place of Religion in Vietnam Today

    Bruce MatthewsARTICLEBuddhist-Christian Studies1992

    This paper seeks to review the place of religion and its relation with the state in Vietnam today. I augment the available literature with material accumulated during a recent visit to Vietnam. The topic is admittedly a large and complex one, for two principal reasons. First, religion in Vietnam includes several forms of Buddhism (Phat Giao), elements of Confucianism, Roman Catholic and Protestant Christianity, a small Islamic community, several …