Defeat of the LTTE will not end Tamil subordination because ideology outlives armed struggle
Evidence
As this monograph suggests, however, irrespective of when the civil war ends, Sri Lanka’s Tamils and other minorities may have no choice but to continue to live as subordinated citizens in a state dominated by political Buddhism and the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 302
Categorization
- XREF: Evidences the reader’s hypothesis that removing the external military threat does not dissolve the ideological foundation of solidarity/domination. — connects to: Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact; Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism independently blocks peace beyond the LTTE’s intransigence — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 300; Tamils face durable subordinate citizenship even after the civil war ends — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 302 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Tamils face durable subordinate citizenship even after the civil war ends
#corroborates(0.85) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 302 - Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact
#qualifies(0.82) - Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism independently blocks peace beyond the LTTE’s intransigence
#expands(0.78) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 300 - With the Tamil enemy removed, nationalists manufactured a Muslim threat to sustain group solidarity
#exemplifies(0.72) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1369