Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar (1836-1921)

Arguing against the generally held view that the Mappila uprisings of Malabar resulted either from communal tension or agrarian discontent, this book analyzes the complex interrelationships between economic discontent and religious ideology in which the conflicts were rooted. Panikkar delineates the evolution of a negative class consciousness among the rural Hindu Mappilas from the early years of British rule to the final and decisive 1921 uprising against the lord and state.Panikkar, Kavalam N. is the author of 'Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar (1836-1921)' with ISBN 9780195621396 and ISBN 0195621395.