Understanding Ambedkar

Concepts and Debates
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-10945-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book seeks to understand Ambedkar through his conceptual engagements and ultimate goal of human emancipation. Recognizing the renewed interest among youth to know and engage with Ambedkar’s work, this book examines the methodological aspects of reading and contextualizing Ambedkar. Simultaneously, it explores vital concepts—including fraternity, caste, nation, religion, gender, democracy, tribal identity, and student movements—while arguing for the need to construct broader solidarity. Each concept holds contemporary significance, and understanding Babasaheb's interventions on these themes is essential for grasping potential solutions to the complexities arising from these conceptual categories.

This volume situates Ambedkar not only within the socio-historical context of his time but also within the contours of contemporary Indian democracy. If the constitution is the supreme text in a democratic polity, then understanding the endeavors of its "chief architect" in establishing that supreme authority becomes an indispensable duty for anyone attempting to grasp the nuances of Indian society. This work will be of great interest to young students and researchers across humanities and social science departments due to its interdisciplinary and creative research orientation.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kundu, Shiveshwar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikerbiographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – Why we should understand Ambedkar?  Section I: Methodological Approaches  1. Aspects of Reading and Understanding Ambedkar  2. Ambedkar’s idea of Pragmatism  3. Fraternity and Dignity: Key Ambedkarite contributions to the Preamble  Section II: Conceptual Processes  4.  The Near Indefeasibility of Caste: Some Lessons from “Annihilation of Caste”  5. Ambedkar’s Reimagining of Religion: From Caste (Graded/Gendered) towards an Ethical Social  6.  B. R. Ambedkar and the Making of an Inclusive Indian Nation  7.  Interrogating Ambedkar’s Vision of Democracy through Social and Power  8.  Language, Nation, and Social Justice: Re-reading B.R. Ambedkar on the Linguistic Reorganisation of Indian States  Section III: Untheorized Solidarities  9. Deciphering Ambedkar on the Tribal Question: Contribution, Contestation and Contradiction  10.  Educate, Agitate, Organize: Ambedkar, Youth and the Making of Ambedkarite Student Movements  11. ‘Global’ Ambedkar and Transnational Dalit Activism: In Search of Political Solidarity

Über Autor(innen)

Shiveshwar Kundu is an Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Jangipur College, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. He is an alumnus of University of Delhi (DU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His research interest includes- Political Theory, Indian Political Thought, Indian Political Processes, West Bengal Politics, Politics of Exclusion, Democracy, Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis. He has delivered lectures on various aspects of Dr. B.R Ambedkar in colleges and talk forums. He has also presented papers in International Conferences organized by University of Jena, Germany and European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS) in collaboration with University of Oxford. Besides, he has also presented papers in National Seminars organized in other states in the country. His research publications have appeared in SCOPUS and UGC listed Peer Reviewed Journals. He has also acted as a reviewer of an international, peer- reviewed journal, ‘Journal of Populism Studies’ (JPS). At the same time, he is a regular contributor in mainstream newspapers and magazines, like, The Telegraph, News Laundry, Deccan Herald. Forward Press and others.