Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the question of socialism in India / V. Geetha.
Geetha, V., author.
2021
DS481.A525 G44 2021
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Title Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the question of socialism in India / V. Geetha.
Author Geetha, V., author.
ISBN 9783030803759 (electronic bk.)
3030803759 (electronic bk.)
3030803740
9783030803742
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80375-9
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-80375-9 doi
Call Number DS481.A525 G44 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.5310954
Summary This book offers a reading of Bhimrao Ambedkar's engagement with the idea and practice of socialism in India by linking it to his lifelong political and philosophical concerns: the annihilation of the caste system, untouchability and the moral and philosophical systems that justify either. Rather than view his ideas through a socialist lens, the author suggests that it is important to measure the validity of socialist thought and practice in the Indian context, through his critique of the social totality. The book argues its case by presenting a broad and connected overview of his thought world and the global and local influences that shaped it. The themes that are taken up for discussion include: his understanding of the colonial rule and the colonial state; history and progress; nationalism and the questions he posed the socialists; his radical critique of the caste system and Brahmancal philosophies, and his unusual interpretation of Buddhism.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2021).
Series Marx, Engels, and Marxisms.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030803759
Print version: 9783030803742
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