Tamil Buddhism and brahminism in Modern India
Deep Resistance against Caste
Series: Religion and Democracy;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 December 2025
- ISBN 9780198952398
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages390 pages
- Size 26x140x216 mm
- Weight 585 g
- Language English 661
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Short description:
This book uncovers the radical intellectual history of Tamil Buddhism as a response to caste oppression, led by Pandit Iyothee Thass. It explores casteless identity, feminist critique, and vernacular emancipation through Critical Caste Studies, highlighting Buddhist resistance to brahminism in modern India.
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This book explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Central to this movement was Pandit Iyothee Thass (1845?1914), a pioneering intellectual who reinterpreted India?s Buddhist past to challenge brahminical dominance. Thass reasoned that it was because many Indians followed Buddhist cultural and material traditions in ancient times, they were oppressed as untouchables and lower castes by self-privileging-caste groups, such as brahmins. Thus, Thass challenged brahminism/casteism in India by reconstructing and mobilizing a reading public about the casteless Buddhist history of Indians who were prone to caste oppression. His writings, petitions, and archives reveal the castelessness of Tamil Buddhists and their commitment for a radical political transformation in modern India. Key aspects of the Tamil Buddhist movement include public mobilization for caste-free societies, self-representation of oppressed communities, economic redistribution through affirmative action, and a feminist critique of caste and patriarchy. Through interdisciplinary methods from Critical Caste Studies, this monograph uncovers the intellectual history of Tamil Buddhism and its radical call for vernacular emancipation. It highlights how Indigenous, Tamil/Indian communities used Buddhist foundations to resist caste and envision a modern, casteless future.
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