Ram, Kalpana

Rationalism, Cultural Nationalism and the Reform of Body Politics

Minority Intellectuals of the Tamil Catholic Community

fa parte di Contributions to Indian Sociology , New Series, XXIX , 1-2 , January-December, 1995 , pp. 291 - 318

«Examines the pivotal role of traditional intellectuals in changing the social life & aspirations of the local villagers of rural Tamil Nadu, India. Focusing specifically on tensions within the reformist discourses of the Roman Catholic clergy, the centrality of these intellectuals-particularly Fr. John Prakash & Fr. Alphonse - to the construction & articulation of postcolonial discourses of modernization & social reform is identified. Antonio Gramsci's ideas about the relationship between traditional & state intellectuals serve as a starting point not only for the application of his schema in postcolonial India, but for a critical reevaluation of his categories at a more general level as well» (M.M.).

Lingua	eng
Nomi	[author] Ram, Kalpana
Soggetti	All'Estero: India Tamil Intellettuali Tradizionali Cattolici Studi di caso Abroad, India Tamil Intellectuals traditional Catholicism (or Catholics) case studies