Ambedkar''s Political Philosophy - A Grammar of Public Life From the Social Margins

This book engages with B R Ambedkar's primary works in both English and Marathi and the debates around them, positioning them in the South Asian context. A critical exploration of Ambedkar's political theory, this work is a comprehensive commentary on his political philosophy and its relevance for contemporary society.

List of contents

• Introduction: Ambedkar's Legacy


• 1: Reading Texts and Traditions


• 2: Caste and Untouchability


• 3: Being Human


• 4: Equality as the Core of Justice


• 5: Nationalism


• 6: The Idea of Democracy


• 7: Ideas of State and Power


• 8: On Political Representation


• 9: Constitutionalism and Rule of Law


• 10: Religion and the Modern Public


• Conclusion

About the author

Valerian Rodrigues is currently a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow, Nehru Memorial Trust, New Delhi, and former Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has taught at Mangalore University, Karnataka (1982-2003) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (2003-2015). Rodrigues has been National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) (2015-17) and Ambedkar Chair, Ambedkar University, Delhi (2017-2018). He has also been Visiting Scholar and Professor at Erfurt University (2012), Wuerzburg University (2011, 2015), and Simon Fraser University (2019), and Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford University (1989-1991), Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1999-2001), and Max Weber College, Erfurt (2012).

Summary

This book engages with B R Ambedkar's primary works in both English and Marathi and the debates around them, positioning them in the South Asian context. A critical exploration of Ambedkar's political theory, this work is a comprehensive commentary on his political philosophy and its relevance for contemporary society.

Additional text

Valerian Rodrigues' new work is one of the most comprehensive presentations of Ambedkar's political philosophy. Instead of treating him as a thinker focused narrowly on the question of untouchability, Rodrigues starts with Ambedkar's fundamental philosophical anthropology from which he derives, in a line of rigorous exposition, his thinking about nationalism, democracy, constitutionalism, and eventually, the meaning of being human.

Product details

• Authors: Valerian Rodrigues, Valerian (Former Professor Rodrigues, Rodrigues Valerian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2024
• EAN: 9780198925392
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892539-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Social Theory, RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Sociology: customs & traditions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, India, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Political science & theory, Buddhist life & practice, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political science and theory, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Buddhist life and practice, Hindu Life & Practice, Hindu life and practice