Rajesh M. K.

Necropolitics and the Legitimacy of Violence: A Political Rereading of Tataka, Bali, and Ravana in the Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippaattu

This study re-examines the episodes of Thatakavadha, Balivadha, and Ravanavadha in Thunchath Ezhuthachan's Adhyatmaramayanam Kilippattu through the theoretical frameworks of power, violence, and moral legitimation. Traditional explanations have encountered these episodes mainly in the binary opposition between dharma a...