The Buddhist Monkhood, the Law, and the State in Colonial Sri Lanka
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2107337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Kemper (0009-0000-4091-5721, Bates College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 401-427 |
| Publication date | 1984-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417500011063 |
| OpenAlex | W2105757517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
Neither the unremitting imposition of alien ways nor the faithful preservation of local ones, colonialism proceeds by the melding of imperial practices with indigenous social forms, creating new arrangements that look like old ones. Moreover, colonialism is an intersubjective, interpractical relationship; as a growing number of historical and anthropological studies have shown, the natives are unlikely to be passive receivers of imposed forms. However difficult their circumstances, the colonized busily construe and misconstrue the colonizers and their social practices, manipulating both to their own advantage. What follows is a 'working misunderstanding
Archaeology · Buddhism · Colonialism · Ethnology · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · South asia · Sri lanka · State (computer science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Ecology · History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell
British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell
Ceylon
The Imposition of Law
Buddhism in Ceylon and Studies on Religious Syncretism in Buddhist Countries
Monks, priests and peasants
Buddhism in Ceylon and Studies on Religious Syncretism in Buddhist Countries
From Indian Status to British Contract
Reform and Segmentation in Monastic Fraternities in Low Country Sri Lanka
The Role of Sasana Reform in Burmese History
Munshisand Their Masters
The Role ofSasanaReform in Burmese History
Theravāda Buddhist Sangha
Sangha and State in Burma
World Conqueror and World Renouncer
Kinship and Property Rights in a Buddhist Monastery in Central Ceylon1
The Differing Realms of the Law
Indigenous Culture and Lawyer's Law in India
The Aborted Restoration of 'Indigenous' Law in India
Barristers and Brahmans in India
The Administration of Hindu Law by the British
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2026 (40) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |