| Edition |
2nd ed.
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| Publication |
Hyderabad, Orient Blackswan, 2011.
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| Description |
124pBlue spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Approaches the historical issue of caste and anti-caste movements from a position of insightful inquiry and rigorous scholarship. Critiquing the sensibility which equates Indian tradtiion with Hinduism, and Hinduism with Brahmanism, it shows how even secular minds remain imprisoned within the Brahmanical vision.
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| Contents |
Two great traditions of India and the construction of Hinduism
Before Hinduism: The Buddhist vision
Before Hinduism: The devotional visions of Bhakti
Hinduism as Brahman exploitation: Jotiba Phule
Hinduism as patriarchy: Ramabai, Tarabai and the early feminists
Hinduism as Aryan conquest: The Dalit radials of the 1920s
Hinduism as counter-revolution: B.R. Ambedkar
Hinduism as Delhi rule: Periyar and the national question
Independent India: Brahmanic socialism, Brahmanical globalisation
Hinduism as feudal backwardness: The Dalit Panthers
The logic of Delhi politics
The rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party
Conclusion: Sita's curse, Shambuk's silence
Bibliography
Recommended readings
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| Standard Number |
9788125045731 Pb.
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