Rethinking Untouchability - The Political Thought of B. R. Ambedkar

This book explores the political thought of B.R. Ambedkar, one of the most important thinkers of modern India. Ambedkar's ideas transformed untouchability, often considered a millenary religious issue, into a political problem by linking it to larger ideas in the twentieth century such as liberty, slavery, race, and the creation of Pakistan.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza is Lecturer of the History of Race and Ethnicity at the University of Manchester

Zusammenfassung

This book explores the political thought of B.R. Ambedkar, one of the most important thinkers of modern India. Ambedkar’s ideas transformed untouchability, often considered a millenary religious issue, into a political problem by linking it to larger ideas in the twentieth century such as liberty, slavery, race, and the creation of Pakistan. -- .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jesus F. Chairez-Garza, Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781526168726
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6872-6
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Racism, Resistance and Social Change; Racism, Resistance and Social
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Pakistan, Ethnic Studies, History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Social History, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General