GOODY, JACK & TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA

Bridewealth and dowry

Cambridge University Press, 1973. Pp: 169. In these insightful papers, first published in 1973, two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry. The authors analyse the two institutions in the contexts of Africa, with its preponderance of bridewealth, and South Asia, where dowry is the commoner institution. ISBN: 9780521098052. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: U1963075

Catalogue: Wetenschap

Keywords: 9780521098052

TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA

Buddhism Betrayed? Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (1992). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xix, 203 pp. Slight corner bump, minor rubbing, VG.
¶ Contents: Introduction: The Question; The Period of Buddhist Revivalism, 1860-1915; Politics and Constitutional Progress, 1915-1946; Radical Monks & The Legitimation of Monks' Participation in Politics; The Betrayal & Restoration of Buddhism: Accusations & Remedies; The Betrayal of Buddhism: Report of the Committee of Inquiry; The Social Revolution of 1956 and its Aftermath; The Restoration of Buddhism & the Transformation of Education in the 1960s and 1970s; The 1970s and 1980s: The Deepening Crisis; The Mavbima Surakime Vyaparaya (MSV). The Movement for the Protection of the Motherland; Monks and Violence Face to Face; The Parameters of Buddhist Nationalism & Buddhist Democracy; Epilogue: Sinhalese Identity: The Legacy of the Past: Appendix: Testing some Charges in 'The Betrayal of Buddhism'

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Book number: BOOKS005093I

Keywords: Buddhist Nationalism, Sinhala Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Political history, Ethnic conflict, Religious parties, Religion & politics, Anthropology, Sociology,

TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA,

THE BUDDHIST SAINTS OF THE FOREST AND THE CULT OF AMULETS.

1984. Paperback, Very Good. TAMBIAH, Stanley Jeyaraja. THE BUDDHIST SAINTS OF THE FOREST AND THE CULT OF AMULETS: A STUDY IN CHARISMA, HAGIOGRAPHY, SECTARIANISM, AND MILLENIAL BUDDHISM. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. First edition. xi + [1] + 417 pp. 8vo., illustrated wrappers. Very good plus, slight rubbing and wear to wrappers, text clean. B/w photo reproductions in the text.

-- Boston Book Company

Book number: 84511

Keywords: Ea Thailand Buddhism 0521277876

TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA

The Buddhist saints of the forest and the cult of amulets. A study in charisma, hagiography, sectarianism, and millennial Buddhism

Cambridge Univ Pr, 1984. Paperback. Pp: 417. ISBN: 9780521277877. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: U1378644

Catalogue: Sociologie

Keywords: 9780521277877

TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA

Leveling Crowds : Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia

Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (1996). orig.boards. 24x15cm, x,395 pp. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society, 10.. Front fixed flyleaf torn. Good.
¶ Contents: Selected Sites of Conflict in South Asia: The Wider Context; Orientation & Objectives; The 1915 Sinhala Buddhist-Muslim Riots in Ceylon;Two Postindependence Ethnic Riots in Sri Lanka; Sikh Identity, Separation & Ethnic Conflict; Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan; Rethinking the Nature of Collective Violence: Some General Features of Ethnic Riots & Riot Crowds; The Routinization & Ritualization of Violence; Hindu Nationalism, the Ayodhya Campaign, & the Babri Masjid; Entering a Dark Continent: The Political Psychology of Crowds; Reconfiguring Le Bon & Durkheim on Crowds as Collectives; The Moral Economy of Collective Violence.

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Book number: BOOKS019021I

Keywords: Asian Political Sociology, Communalism India, Communal Conflicts, Ethnic Nationalist, South Asia Conflict, Social Psychology, Crowd Crowds Riot, Collective Violence, Anthropology Riots, Religion Religious

TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA.

Magic, Science, Religion, and the Scope of Rationality.

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Paperback. ISBN: 0521376319. First paperback edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Previous owner's name on half-title page, else fine in illustrated wraps. Near Fine .

-- Grendel Books

Book number: 47195

Catalogue: Paperbacks II

Keywords: 0521376319 Philosophy Philosophy

TAMBIAH, STANLEY JEYARAJA,

Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy.

I.B.Tauris, 1986. Hardcover, Very Good/ In Good Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper chipped - book ow solid, clean, tight and bright.

-- O'Donoghue Books

Book number: 542255

Keywords: Politics 1850430268