02018nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200120007610000230008824501390011125000190025026000560026930000260032552012250035165000300157665500350160694200150164199900170165695201390167320260528103355.0260528b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199451814  a200 VAI  aVaithees, V. Ravi.  aReligion And Nation In South Indiab: Maraimalai Adigal, The Neo-saivite Movement, and Tamil Nationalism 1876-1950c/ V. Ravi Vaithees  aFirst edition.  aNew Delhib: Oxford University Press Indiac, 2015.  axix, 347 p.c; 24 cm.  aThe extraordinary power and solidity of regional ethno-nationalist identities such as the Tamil in South Asia continue to defy easy explanations. In this work, Ravi Vaithees, departing sharply from conventional 'secular' accounts, examines the deeper religious roots of Tamil/Dravidian identity formation and its relationship to broader processes of nationality formation in South Asia.
Through a close and innovative reading of the life and career of Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950), who played a central role in consolidating the intellectual and cultural foundation for non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism and the Dravidian movement, the author presents interesting insights into the history of the neo-Saivite revival.
The neo-Saivite articulation of non-Brahmin Tamil nationalism endowed it with a critical spirit that not only eschewed the philosophical idealism found in Brahmanism and neo-Vedantic thought but also celebrated the more firmly grounded, earthy and sensuous Tamil tradition reflected in ancient Tamil and Bhakti poetry and Tamil Saiva Siddhanta. This has been brought forth by drawing from a range of influences including colonial and Christian missionary critiques of Brahminism and neo-Vedantic currents.  aHindu religious movements  aReligion and politics -- India  cVC OFFICE   c68239d68239  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2026-05-28l0o200 VAIpVC622r2026-05-28 10:33:17w2026-05-28yVC OFFICEzBooks Received from VC office