Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability

Fighting the Indian Caste System
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-13602-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 411 g

Reihe: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891;1956) rose from a community of "untouchables," to become a major figure in modern Indian history. Christophe Jaffrelot's biography reconsiders Dr. Ambedkar's life and thought and his unique combination of pragmatism and idealism. Establishing himself as a scholar, activist, journalist, and educator, Ambedkar ultimately found himself immersed in Indian politics and helped to draft the nation's constitution as law minister in Nehru's first cabinet. Ambedkar's ideas remain an inspiration to India's Dalit community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jaffrelot, Christophe (Directeur du CERI, CERI)

Jaffrelot, Christophe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Maharashtra, between social reform and anti-brahmin mobilizationChapter 2: Ambedkar, son of a Mahar soldierChapter 3: Analysing and ethnicizing caste (to eradicate it more effectively)Chapter 4: In the political arena, against GandhiChapter 5: In quest of an electoral strategyChapter 6: To oppose or to collaborate?: Ambedkar's pragmatism and resilienceChapter 7: Shaping the Indian constitutionChapter 8: The "solution" of conversionChapter 9: Impact and relevance of Ambedkar todayConclusionChronology

Über Autor(innen)

Christophe Jaffrelot is director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI). He is the author of India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Caste in North India and The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, which the New York Review of Books hailed as "a scholarly tour de force."