Jonathan Spencer, Jonathan Goodhand, Shahul Hasbullah

Broschiertes Buch

Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque

A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace

Beschreibung

A study of the contradictory role of religion in Sri Lanka as a force that is both stabilising whilst also acting as a source of conflict.

Autor

Jonathan Spencer is from south-east London, the great-grandson of a clipper-ship captain who brought tea from China. He served in the Canadian army, studied ancient and modern history, and has lectured at universities and private associations on the subject of Napoleonic Egypt. He writes historical non-fiction under the name Jonathan Downs, his major work a revised account of the British acquisition of the Rosetta Stone, Discovery at Rosetta, (London 2008; Cairo 2020). He speaks several languages, has trained with the former Russian National fencing coach, and has lived and worked abroad all his life. He currently lives in the Western Cape in South Africa.

Produktdetails

• Anthropology, Culture and Society
• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780745331218
• ISBN-10: 0745331211
• Artikelnr.: 41039293