M.S.S. Pandian

M.S.S. Pandian’s Followers (20)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

M.S.S. Pandian


Born
India
Genre


He is one of the foremost authority on scholarship of Dravidian movement.Prof. Pandian’s book, “The Image Trap - M G Ramachandran in Films and Politics,” on the Tamilian superstar and his tryst with politics is also considered one of leading authorities on this subject.He was earlier an Associate Professor in the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.His publications in the best reputed academic publications were many and his research interests were Nationalism, Caste, Tamil cinema and Popular Culture, among others. He completed his Ph.D in Madras University in 1987.

Prof. Pandian has been writing for national newspapers and the 'Economic and Political Weekly' for several years and known for his incisive articles on Tamil Nadu and
...more

Average rating: 4.13 · 282 ratings · 48 reviews · 5 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Image Trap: M G Ramacha...

4.10 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Brahmin & Non-Brahmin: Gene...

4.11 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Strangeness Of Tamil Na...

4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
காலச்சுவடு கட்டுரைகள்

4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Political Economy of Ag...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by M.S.S. Pandian…
Quotes by M.S.S. Pandian  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“The spirit of nationality is no better than the spirit of caste.
Nationality has sentiment, pride, and fanaticism for its basis,
and is found on analysis to be no more than imaginary justification
of the will to power and possession. Nationalism is
the camouflage by which hooliganism masks its true nature . . .
—P. Lakshmi Narasu, A Study of Caste”
M.S.S. Pandian, Brahmin and Non-Brahmin: Genealogies of the Tamil Political Present



Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite M.S.S. to Goodreads.