Revolution, War, and Protest in Sri Lanka: From Armed Struggle to Non-Violent Resistance (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series)

Interrogating the divide between violent and non-violent protest, including Aragalaya, this volume highlights the importance of strategically connecting seemingly unrelated historical events and political movements across Sri Lanka's North and South, spanning the period from 1948 to 2022, to offer fresh insights into intranational conflict. By bringing the different protest movements of insurgency and civil disobedience (as well as the ethno-religious communities aligned with them), under one umbrella, this book represents a call for political action to address long-standing socio-political conflicts plaguing Sri Lanka.Divided into three sections (revolution and militant violence (1971-2009); postwar politics (2009 to present); and civil disobedience and the Aragalaya (2022)), the book offers case study chapters that draw on a range of sources such as literature, film, and performance studies, citing aesthetic expressions as acts of political resistance.Providing a conceptual framework