ISBN:
817829902X
,
9788178299020
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvi, 302 p)
,
22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Post-Hindu India : A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-spiritual and Scientific Revolution
DDC:
294.5086/94
Keywords:
Dalits Social conditions
;
Hinduism Social aspects
;
Brahmanism Social aspects
Abstract:
Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu , pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduism`s interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a `backward` religion that suppresses the latent scie
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - Unpaid Teachers; 2 - Subaltern Scientists; 3 - Productive Soldiers; 4 - Subaltern Feminists; 5 - Social Doctors; 6 - Meat and Milk Economists; 7 - Unknown Engineers; 8 - Food Producers; 9 - Social Smugglers; 10 - Spiritual Fascists; 11 - Intellectual Goondas; 12 - Symptoms of Civil War and End of Hinduism; 13 - Conclusion: The Post-Hindu India; Glossary; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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