V. Ravi Vaithees
Religion, Caste, and Nation in South India
V. Ravi Vaithees · 2015
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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.
Book details
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press India
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 328
- ISBN
- 9780199451814
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