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Ambedkar's political philosophy : a grammar of public life from the social margins

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Oxford University Press, ©2024Description: viii, 409 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780198925392
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01 ROD-A
Contents:
1. Reading Texts and Traditions
2. Caste and Untouchability
3. Being Human
4. Equality as the Core of Justice
5. Nationalism
6. The Idea of Democracy
7. Ideas of State and Power
8. On Political Representation
9. Constitutionalism and Rule of Law
10. Religion and the Modern Public
Summary: "Ambedkar constantly made pronouncements on texts and traditions, particularly that of India. He endorsed a few, rejected some and sought to reconstruct and filter others. He revisited narratives and accounts of those in the margins of society and sociality - the Untouchables, blacks, slaves, Jews, Adivasis, the labouring masses - and attempted a master narrative of his own. He crossed swords with many contemporaries with regard to their interpretation of"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Reading Texts and Traditions

2. Caste and Untouchability

3. Being Human

4. Equality as the Core of Justice

5. Nationalism

6. The Idea of Democracy

7. Ideas of State and Power

8. On Political Representation

9. Constitutionalism and Rule of Law

10. Religion and the Modern Public

"Ambedkar constantly made pronouncements on texts and traditions, particularly that of India. He endorsed a few, rejected some and sought to reconstruct and filter others. He revisited narratives and accounts of those in the margins of society and sociality - the Untouchables, blacks, slaves, Jews, Adivasis, the labouring masses - and attempted a master narrative of his own. He crossed swords with many contemporaries with regard to their interpretation of"--

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