Religion, caste, and nation in South India: Maraimalai Adigal, the neo-Saivite movement, and Tamil nationalism, 1876 - 1950

Departing sharply from the principal focus on language and the 'secular-modern' in contemporary nationalism studies, this volume examines the religious roots of nationalism, specifically the religious roots of non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism and the Dravidian movement in India. The book argu...

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Main Author: Vaithees V. Ravi (Author)
Contributors: Vaitheespara, Ravi (Other) ; Ma_raimalaiyaṭikaḷ 1876-1950 (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New Delhi, India Oxford University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Edition:1. ed.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ma_raimalaiyaṭikaḷ 1876-1950 / Śaivism / Tamils / Nationalism / History 1876-1950
B Hinduism / Nationalism / History 1876-1950
B India (Süd) / Caste / Hinduism / Nationalism / History 1876-1950
Further subjects:B Religion And Politics History 20th century India, South
B Mar̲aimalaiyaṭikaḷ (1876-1950)
B Religion And Politics (India, South) History 20th century
B Religion And Politics (India, South) History 19th century
B Maṟaimalaiyaṭikaḷ 1876-1950
B Religion And Politics History 19th century India, South
B Tamil Nadu (India) Politics and government
B Śaivism
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Summary:Departing sharply from the principal focus on language and the 'secular-modern' in contemporary nationalism studies, this volume examines the religious roots of nationalism, specifically the religious roots of non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism and the Dravidian movement in India. The book argues that it was the anti-Aryan, anti-Sanskritic imperatives and spirit of the neo-Saivite movement that came to inform and animate the neo-Saivite readings of the Tamil and Indian past and indeed the articulation of neo-Saivism as a form of non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-335) and index
ISBN:0199451818