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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the question of socialism in India / V. Geetha.

9783030803759 (electronic bk.)
3030803759 (electronic bk.)
3030803740
9783030803742

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-80375-9 doi

DS481.A525 G44 2021

320.5310954

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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