V Ravi Vaithees

Religion, Caste, and Nation in South India

Maraimalai Adigal, the Neo-Saivite Movement, and Tamil Nationalism, 1876-1950

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Produktbeschreibung

This work explores the religious roots of Tamil nationalism and the Dravidian movement through a critical examination of Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950) and the Neo-Shaivite movement in Tamil Nadu. The book traces the anti-Aryan, anti-Brahmin character of Tamil nationalism and the Dravidian movement to the Neo-Shaivite movement that emerged against the background of Neo-Vedantic and Vaishnavite revivalist current that accompanied the rise of pan-Indian nationalism in Southern India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 141mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780199451814
• ISBN-10: 0199451818
• Artikelnr.: 47870915

Autorenporträt

V. Ravi Vaithees is Associate Professor of Modern South Asian and World History at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where he has been teaching for the past 14 years. Earlier, he was Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Toronto, from where he had received his PhD in modern South Asian history.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Figures
* Preface
* Acknowledgements
* Note on Transliteration and Translation
* List of Abbreviations
* Introduction
* 1. Framing the Neo-Saivite Revival in Tamil Nadu
* 2. Maraimalai Adigal and the Naveenar (Modernist)Saivite Revival in
Tamil Nadu
* 3. Theorizing the Naveenar Saivite Revival: Reinscribing Religion as
Nation
* 4. Forging a Tamil Nation: The Politics of Language, Race, Caste, and
Gender
* Conclusion: The Promise and Legacies of Non-Brahmin Tamil Nationalism
* Bibliography
* Index
* About the Author