Dr Ambedkar and untouchability : analysing and fighting caste
Christphe Jaffrelot
Jaffrelot's biography of the great Indian politician B.R. Ambedkar is both an historical study and a document relevant to today's concerns, given the rising profile of Dalits politically and otherwise in modern India.
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Maharashtra between social reform and anti-Brahmin mobilization
Ambedkar, son of a Mahar officer
conceptualizing caste the better to destroy it
contesting the political arena against Gandhi
in search of an electoral strategy
opposing power, or collaborating?
architect of the Indian constitution
conversion as a solution to Untouchability?
the legacy of Ambedkar.
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書名
Dr Ambedkar and untouchability : analysing and fighting caste