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Auteur(s) : Hennayake, Nalani (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Culture, politics, and development in postcolonial Sri Lanka [Texte imprimé] / Nalani Hennayake
Publication : Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2006
Description matérielle : xv, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Dominant thinking of development and its challenges ; Conceptualizing
development in postcolonial Sri Lanka ; Indigenization, power politics, and postcolonial
state ; Cultural politics and ritualizing fevelopment ; New ideology of "people-izing"
development ; Culture, politics, and politics of resistance ; Political legitimacy
to cultural sensibility.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index
"Development has traditionally been identified as a neat "economic" project without
much mention of culture or politics. In this book, Nalani Hennayake focuses on Sri
Lanka to show how the development experience of a postcolonial society is deeply embedded
in a complex historical relationship between culture and politics. This book analyzes
how this relationship emerges in the context of what the author calls "the postcolonial
paradox" of the Sri Lankan state and society. Hennayake emphasizes that the cultural
and political intricacies of development can only be captured by a combination of
a sympathetic and critical imagination - one has to be sympathetic not to devalue
indigenous discourse and its allied cultural sensibilities, yet be critical to unravel
the inherent politics. Culture, Politics, and Development in Postcolonial Sri Lanka
is an endeavor toward this aim."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Postcolonialisme -- Sri Lanka
Développement économique -- Aspect politique -- Sri Lanka
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0739111558. - ISBN 9780739111550
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44376674n
Notice n° :
FRBNF44376674
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