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  • 8 - The Genesis, Consolidation, and Consequences of Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism

  • from Part III - Sri Lanka
  • Edited by Nadim N. Rouhana, Tufts University, Massachusetts, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Queen Mary University of London
  • Book:
    When Politics are Sacralized
    Published online:
    10 June 2021
    Print publication:
    27 May 2021, pp 187-212

  • Summary

    Sri Lanka appeared to have the capacity to make a successful transition to modern statehood. It, however, squandered that promise and has become a reference point for ethno-religious carnage. The ethnocracy that Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists promoted not only led to a civil war with the Tamil minority that lasted nearly three decades; the resultant triumphalism has promoted anti-Muslim agitprop and violence. The success of Sinhalese nationalism has ensured a majoritarian milieu in which the dominant Buddhist community holds sway, but the resultant militarization amidst pluralism and democracy being compromised could well lead to an autocratic ethnocracy down the road.