Bulletin n. 1/2017
June 2017
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Gaul Anne
    Security, Sovereignty, Patriotism-Sinhalese Nationalism and the State in Sri Lankan History Textbooks
    in Ethnopolitics , Volume 16, Issue 2 ,  2017 ,  161-178
    This article analyses how a recent series of Sri Lankan history textbooks construct and disseminate a particular form of nationalism that is both exclusively Sinhalese and authoritarian. It argues that their use of language and storylines perpetuates a Sinhalese-centric historical narrative that presents disputed myths, symbols and heroes as official history. This narrative legitimises the Sinhalese claim for sovereignty and the protection of the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka as a major goal of Sinhalese nationalism. This article also highlights how the textbooks further encourage authoritarian patriotism, potentially mobilising future citizens into participation in the reproduction of an exclusive and ethnocentric version of Sinhalese nationalism.
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