Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I Transforming State Power
- Social Democratic Routes in Europe
- Social Democratic Routes in Australia, the Americas, and Asia
- Worldwide Connections
- Southern Trajectories
- 17 Socialism, Zionism, and Settler Colonialism in Israel/Palestine
- 18 Socialism in India
- 19 The Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- 20 African Socialism
- 21 Arab Socialism
- 22 Chavismo: Revolutionary Bolivarianism in Venezuela
- Left Socialisms
- Part II Transversal Perspectives
- Index
- References
19 - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party
from Southern Trajectories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I Transforming State Power
- Social Democratic Routes in Europe
- Social Democratic Routes in Australia, the Americas, and Asia
- Worldwide Connections
- Southern Trajectories
- 17 Socialism, Zionism, and Settler Colonialism in Israel/Palestine
- 18 Socialism in India
- 19 The Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- 20 African Socialism
- 21 Arab Socialism
- 22 Chavismo: Revolutionary Bolivarianism in Venezuela
- Left Socialisms
- Part II Transversal Perspectives
- Index
- References
Summary
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP, Lanka Party for Social Equality), Sri Lanka’s oldest socialist party, was formed in colonial Ceylon in December 1935. It belonged to the first generation of socialist parties in south Asia. The LSSP has also had a dual existence, as a political party as well as a social–intellectual movement in colonial and post-colonial Sri Lanka. Because of its interventions in shaping the nature and trajectories of Sri Lanka’s political, social, and economic change, the LSSP has also been a key agency in Sri Lanka’s modernity.
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- The Cambridge History of Socialism , pp. 435 - 454Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022