B.R. Ambedkar and Social Transformation

Revisiting the Philosophy and Reclaiming Social Justice
Herausgeber: Begari, Jagannatham

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Produktbeschreibung

This book revisits the philosophy of B.R Ambedkar in the context of the present socio-economic-political realities of India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780367355500
• ISBN-10: 0367355507
• Artikelnr.: 62220434

Autorenporträt

Jagannatham Begari is Assistant Professor, Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, School Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. He obtained his Doctorate from the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include democracy, modern Indian thinkers, political economy of India, human rights and marginality. He has delivered lectures at Western Sydney University and Adelaide University, Australia. He also visited and presented papers in international Conferences at Berlin (Germany), Denver, Colorado, United States of America and Manchester (England). He has also published articles in reputed journals like EPW, Indian Journal of Human Rights and Indian Journal of Political Science. He is the author of Interrogating Democracy and Human Rights: Telangana People's Movement (2014) and Mapping a Human Rights and Subalterns in Modern India (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Ambedkar as a Political Philosopher 3. Ambedkar's
Autobiography and the Emergence of a Discourse of Dignity 4. Ambedkar's
Democracy and State Socialism 5. Vagabond Dalit: Social Obligation and
Quest for Freedom 6. Ambedkar's debate on equality and liberty: Fraternity
as Political Normative 7. The Rights of Women and Emancipation: B.R.
Ambedkar's Perspective 8. Women's Question in Ambedkar's Social Philosophy
9. Ambedkar on Reorganisation of States: A Case Study of Telangana 10.
Dissent in Indian Literature: A Reading of Dalit Literature in the Context
of Ambedkarite Thought 11. Confronting Political Representation: Politics
of Visuality 12. The Perspective of B.R.Ambedkar on Agrarian Growth and
Development: A Study of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana 13. Social
Environmentalism: A Study on Ecological Ideas and Practice of B.R. Ambedkar
14. Conclusion: In Search of Ambedkar's Ideal Society- Trends, Challenges
and Recommendations