1st Edition
Tiṇai Philosophy The Indigenous Lifeway for the Anthropocene
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
1 Indigenous Tamil lifeway (tiṇai lifeway) 34
2 The name of the field 69
3 Exclusive philosophy (akakkāṭci) 91
4 Inclusive philosophy (puṟakkāṭci) 114
Conclusion 155
Bibliography 161
Glossary 177
Index 182
Biography
Nirmal Selvamony is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator with over four decades of experience in decolonizing the study of literature, ecology and society through the practice of tiṇai. He has taught in universities around the world, building and nurturing a global tiṇai movement. While serving as a faculty member in the department of English at Madras Christian College for nearly three decades, he established the first interdisciplinary Ecocriticism program in India. More recently, he retired from the Central University of Tamil Nadu as the head of the department of English studies and Dean of social sciences and humanities. He is also an avid bird lover, poet and guitarist.
