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Primordialist Strands in Contemporary Sinhalese Nationalism: Urumaya as Ur
Michael Roberts* This article was composed in 2001 and appeared in the Marga booklet series on A History of the Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. It is reproduced here without changes, but has also been embellished with hyperlinks to pertinent … Continue reading
Ethnic Identity in Sri Lanka’s Pre-capitalist Past: Shanie, Darshanie and Roberts
Michael Roberts When Darshanie Ratnawalli penned a blog comment on one of the articles reproduced in the thuppahi site, I jumped to the erroneous conclusion that it was a response to one of my articles on myth and history.[1] In … Continue reading
Filed under cultural transmission, Sinhala-Tamil Relations
Marginalisation in Britain and Cricketing Fervour/Islamic Fervour
Michael Roberts This article was initially drafted in May 2003, repeat 2003. In April 2004 I embellished the draft (a) after pursuing a little more reading about the Rastafarian movement because the previous review in this area was cursory and … Continue reading
Filed under historical interpretation, suicide bombing, terrorism
