Nationalist refusal to question the state serves their crafted preferences

Evidence

Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists categorically refuse to consider that the problem facing the island may be the nature of the Sri Lankan state, because the present state is one that has been crafted according to their preferences. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 229

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Genealogy refuses to take sovereignty, the state, and civil society as givens — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at…, 128; The nationalist ideology refuses to critique the state it helped design. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 229; Those in power will not forfeit racism while it serves their self-interest — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 1254 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The nationalist ideology refuses to critique the state it helped design. #corroborates (0.85) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 229
• Nationalism lacks fixed essence; its value depends on who wields it #complicates (0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 395
• Those in power will not forfeit racism while it serves their self-interest #corroborates (0.72) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1254