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Are we Hindus? Religion in contemporary Tamil Dalit discourse

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    SYSNO ASEP0505199
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JOstatní články
    TitleAre we Hindus? Religion in contemporary Tamil Dalit discourse
    Author(s) Hons, Pavel (OU-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
    Source TitleArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal. - : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego
    Roč. 8, č. 2 (2018), s. 273-288
    Number of pages16 s.
    Publication formOnline - E
    Languageeng - English
    CountryPL - Poland
    KeywordsDalits ; Hinduism ; Hindu identity ; Indian culture ; religion
    Subject RIVAA - Philosophy ; Religion
    OECD categoryReligious studies
    R&D ProjectsGA16-02363S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportOU-W - RVO:68378009
    DOI10.24917/20841043.8.2.2
    AnnotationBased primarily on original sources in Tamil as well as interviews, the article seeks to portray
    the attitude of Tamil Dalit intellectuals and political leaders towards the question of religion.
    It seeks to discover the role of religion in their discourse and how they utilise religious matters
    to mobilise their fellow caste members. It maps their efforts to distance themselves from
    Hinduism and to propagate the particularity of Dalit deities and Dalit religion as a part of their
    newly constructed identity. Their opinions on the possibility of conversion are also briefly
    noted. These attitudes are examined from the viewpoint of the differing emancipation strategies
    of the three major Tamil Dalit castes. The Paraiyar as well as the Arunthaiyar leaders try
    to reject the Hindu identity, though the common folk consider themselves to be Hindus. The
    Devendrars on the contrary associate themselves with the Hindu gods and Hindu temples, they
    claim direct connection with some of them. Even they, however, tend to emphasise particularity
    of their deities as a part of their identity building
    WorkplaceOriental Institute
    ContactZuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950
    Year of Publishing2020
    Electronic addresshttps://studiadecultura.up.krakow.pl/index.php/argument-journal/article/view/6713
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