The saffronarmy, violence, terror(ism): Buddhism, identity, and differencein Sri Lanka

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Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-46

  Abeysekara, Ananda ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037996531     PISSN: 00295973     EISSN: 15685276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156852701300052339     Document Type: Article

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