ISBN:
9788132101345
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8132101340
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (369 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Uniform Title:
Untouchable
Uniform Title:
Untouchable.
Parallel Title:
Print version Dalits in modern India
DDC:
305.5688
Keywords:
Dalits Political activity
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India
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Dalits Political activity
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Dalits Political activity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Dalits ; Political activity
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Politics and government
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India Politics and government
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20th century
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India
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India Politics and government 20th century
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India Politics and government 20th century
;
India
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This second, revised and enlarged edition looks back at the aspirations and struggle. of the marginalised Dalit masses and looks forward to a new humanity based on. equality, social justice and human dignity. Within the context of Dalit emancipation,. it explores the social, economic and cultural content of Dalit transformation. in modern India. These articles, by some of the foremost researchers in the field,. are presented in four parts:. Part I deals with the historical material on the origin and development of. untouchability in Indian civilisation. Part II contests mainstream explanations
Note:
Originally published: Untouchable. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 1999. - Untouchability and stratification in Indian civilisation / Shrirama -- Who is a Dalit? / John C.B. Webster -- Colonialism within colonialism : Phule's critique of Brahmin power / Mahesh Gavaskar -- Dalit vision of a just society in India / S.M. Michael -- Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the concept of religion / Timothy Fitzgerald -- The Dalit movement in mainstream sociology / Gopal Guru -- Liberation movements in comparative perspective : Dalit Indians and black Americans / K.P. Singh -- Sociology of India and Hinduism : towards a Method / S. Selvam -- Hinduisation of Adivasis : a case study from South Gujarat / Arjun Patel -- Ambedkar's daughters : a study of Mahar women in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra / Traude Pillai-Vetschera -- The BSP in Uttar Pradesh : whose party is it? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Ambedkar's interpretation of caste system, its economic consequences and suggested remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat -- Dalits and economic policy : contributions of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar / Gail Omvedt -- Reservation policy and the empowerment of Dalits / P.G. Jogdand -- Scheduled castes, employment, and social mobility / Richard Pais. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Originally published: Untouchable. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 1999
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Untouchability and stratification in Indian civilisation / Shrirama -- Who is a Dalit? / John C.B. Webster -- Colonialism within colonialism : Phule's critique of Brahmin power / Mahesh Gavaskar -- Dalit vision of a just society in India / S.M. Michael -- Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the concept of religion / Timothy Fitzgerald -- The Dalit movement in mainstream sociology / Gopal Guru -- Liberation movements in comparative perspective : Dalit Indians and black Americans / K.P. Singh -- Sociology of India and Hinduism : towards a Method / S. Selvam -- Hinduisation of Adivasis : a case study from South Gujarat / Arjun Patel -- Ambedkar's daughters : a study of Mahar women in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra / Traude Pillai-Vetschera -- The BSP in Uttar Pradesh : whose party is it? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Ambedkar's interpretation of caste system, its economic consequences and suggested remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat -- Dalits and economic policy : contributions of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar / Gail Omvedt -- Reservation policy and the empowerment of Dalits / P.G. Jogdand -- Scheduled castes, employment, and social mobility / Richard Pais
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