V Ravi Vaithees

Gebundenes Buch

Religion, Caste, and Nation in South India

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

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

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