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100			_aSayeed, Syed
245			_aUnderstanding B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of caste : with the full text of Annihilation of caste and its two appendices
260			_c2023 _aRanikhet, _bPermanent Black :
300			_axxi , 229 p. ; _c21 cm.
365			_b595.00 _c₹ _d01
490			_aHedgehog and fox : history and politics series
520			_aThis book offers a fresh and contemporary understanding of Ambedkar’s most crucial work on the subject of caste. Professor Sayeed argues that readings of Annihilation of Caste have often obscured or twisted its core. Biographical interpretations deploying Ambedkar’s identity, and historical expositions drawing on circumstances in Ambedkar’s time, have distorted the spirit and import of his unambiguous condemnation of caste. By reflecting on a single seminal piece and offering an alternative view of it, this book shows the far-reaching implications and continuing relevance of Ambedkar’s thought – including for a proper perspective on Hindu nationalism. It shows the directions away from Ambedkar that caste politics and identity patrons have increasingly taken. As against Mahatma Gandhi who advocated caste reform, Ambedkar believed genuine democracy was impossible without the eradication of caste.
650			_aIndia
650			_aReligion
650			_aCaste
650			_aAmbedkar, B. R.
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