LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:11 November 2019
ISSN 1930-2940

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Periyar in the Context of Socrates and Max Weber

Dr. S. Sridevi


Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy

Abstract

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (1879-1973) is well known as Periyar, the great man. He is also referred to as Thanthai Periyar, the great fatherly man. He was an activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian Movement'. He has spoken against caste prevalence and women oppression in Tamil Nadu. This paper aims at studying seminal concepts of Thanthai Periyar on caste system in India. It brings in the thought processes of Socrates and Plato linking them to the concept of justice for which Thanthai Periyar spoke across the State of Tamil Nadu. It also brings in the argument of Max Weber’s remarks on the caste system in India. Periyar’s thoughts are analyzed in the context of the works of Socrates and Max Weber in this paper.

Keywords: Periyar, Plato, Socrates, Max Weber

The question of justice has been taken up by the Greeks millenniums ago and they asked questions like: What is justice? Why do men behave justly? In the ideal state, how should women, children, and property be treated in the ruling middle class? Plato’s Republic has been acknowledged as his culminating achievement which analyses questions regarding justice and its political implications. Thinkers and philosophers have engaged themselves in political philosophy and have analysed how human societies have handled justice. Max Weber and Periyar have analysed human justice as it is practiced in India. Being an activist, Periyar suggests radical changes in society to bring in social and political justice.

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Dr. S. Sridevi
Associate Professor
Research Department of English
Chevalier T. Thomas Elizabeth College for Women
Chennai 600011
sridevisaral@gmail.com
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