The ‘Cultural Life’ of Democracy in Sri Lanka (And Beyond)
This forum brings together reflections on Sri Lanka's recent political struggles (aragalya) that ousted the incumbent president, and yet ended in political stasis. These reflections provide the space to think through what makes up the 'cultural life' of democracy in aragalya and beyond. The trope of the 'cultural life' of democracy enables these contributions to sketch an alternative way of theorising democracy as 'actually existing politics'.
Authors
- Pradeep Peiris
- Christine Schenk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1899-638X)
- Benedikt Korf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4836-9929)
- Neloufer de Mel
- Urs Geiser
- Harshana Rambukwella
- Sivamohan Sumathy
- Shermal Wijewardene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3434-7538)
- Ahilan Kadirgamar
Institutions
- University of Peradeniya (LK)
- New York University Abu Dhabi (AE)
- University of Jaffna (LK)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- New York University (US)
- University of Colombo (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Geopolitics
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2024.2379306
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.16
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung