Dr Ambedkar and untouchability : analysing and fighting caste / Christophe Jaffrelot.

By:

Jaffrelot, Christophe

Publication details: Delhi : Permanent Black, 2005.Description: xiii, 205 p. : maps ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

8178241560 (pbk.)
9788178241562 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

23 323.1092 JAF 008727

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Table of contents

Contents:

Introduction : The first Dalit leader of India -- 1. Maharashtra between social reform and anti-Brahmin mobilisation -- 2. Ambedkar : son of a Mahar soldier -- 3. Analysing and ethnicising caste to eradicate it more effectively -- 4. In the political arena, against Gandhi -- 5. Searching for an electoral strategy -- 6. Opposition or collaboration? : Ambedkar's pragmatism and resilience -- 7. Shaping the Indian constitution -- 8. 'solution' of conversion -- 9. impact and revelance of Ambedkar today.

Summary: Ambedkar, the first Untouchable ever to be formally educated, pioneered new strategies, philosophically and practically, which continue to prove effective, not least in the inspirational example he set to India's Untouchable community in their struggle for social and political rights.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	323.1092 JAF 008727 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Chennai to Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore since 16/03/2020		008727

Includes bibliographical references p.(198-202) and index.

Introduction : The first Dalit leader of India --
1. Maharashtra between social reform and anti-Brahmin mobilisation --
2. Ambedkar : son of a Mahar soldier --
3. Analysing and ethnicising caste to eradicate it more effectively --
4. In the political arena, against Gandhi --
5. Searching for an electoral strategy --
6. Opposition or collaboration? : Ambedkar's pragmatism and resilience --
7. Shaping the Indian constitution --
8. 'solution' of conversion --
9. impact and revelance of Ambedkar today.

Ambedkar, the first Untouchable ever to be formally educated, pioneered new strategies, philosophically and practically, which continue to prove effective, not least in the inspirational example he set to India's Untouchable community in their struggle for social and political rights.

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