Champ religieux et champ politique dans la société singhalaise
The article summarizes a study presented by the author as a doctoral thesis at the Catholic University of Louvain. The approach adopted consists in establishing a theoretical and conceptual framework which would take into account corres ponding relationships among the different systems of the societ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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Sage
[1973]
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Social compass
Year: 1973, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-138 |
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| Summary: | The article summarizes a study presented by the author as a doctoral thesis at the Catholic University of Louvain. The approach adopted consists in establishing a theoretical and conceptual framework which would take into account corres ponding relationships among the different systems of the society, at the origin of which is the mode of economic production. The origin of changes and tensions among systems in their fundamental aspects is to be found in chanqes in the mode of production. It is this which leads us to establish three models of society : agrarian, transitional, industrial.The heuristic framework established serves as a hypothesis of work for approaching the empirical reality. Key periods in Sinhalese society were studied and chosen in terms of significant changes such as the adoption of Buddhism, the two colonisations (Portuguese and English) and independence.The main conclusions of the study of these different periods is given in the article. The introduction of Buddhism a little after the establishment of the first Kingdom would correspond to the dysfunctional character of Brahminism in the new type of society demanded by the new orqanization of production. The study of Kandyan feudality in the XVIIIth century provides a parameter for the analysis of the effects of two types of colonisation Kandyan feudality further offers a typical case of a unique structure with almost completely corresponding expressions in the mode of production, the social system. the political organization and the religious system.The difference between the two colonisations consists in the fact that the Portuguese expressed their ideology in religious terms and iustified their conquest on religious grounds |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/003776867302000202 |