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Towards Another Reason: Identity Politics and Ethical Worlds in South India
Ulrich Demmer
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Hardback. Num Pages: 417 pages, 14 photos, 11 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Locating the politics of ethical collective identities in postcolonial South India, this work explores the ways in which different cultural communities forge their self-understandings in terms of practical reason: with respect to ideas of what a good life truly is and how we should live ethically in practice. Drawing upon more than ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, the author discusses the ethical concepts, practices, and politics of the Adivasi community of Jenu Kurumba, the state of Tamil Nadu, and the recently established religious discourse of the deity Sanesvara. Values and conceptions of a ... Read more
Locating the politics of ethical collective identities in postcolonial South India, this work explores the ways in which different cultural communities forge their self-understandings in terms of practical reason: with respect to ideas of what a good life truly is and how we should live ethically in practice. Drawing upon more than ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, the author discusses the ethical concepts, practices, and politics of the Adivasi community of Jenu Kurumba, the state of Tamil Nadu, and the recently established religious discourse of the deity Sanesvara. Values and conceptions of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
417
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780199466818
SKU
V9780199466818
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About Ulrich Demmer
Ulrich Demmer is Research Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany.
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