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Annihilation of Caste Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Annihilation of Caste By Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Annihilation of Caste by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

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One of the most important, yet neglected, works of Indian political writing with an extensive introduction by the author of 'The God of Small Things'.

Annihilation of Caste Summary

Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. It offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniquitous social system. Arundhati Roy introduces this extensively annotated edition in The Doctor and the Saint, examining the persistence of caste in modern India, and how the conflict between Ambedkar and Gandhi continues to resonate. Roy breathes new life into Ambedkar's anti-caste utopia, and says that without a Dalit revolution, India will continue to be hobbled by systemic inequality.

Annihilation of Caste Reviews

Annihilation of Caste has to be read ... No Hindu who prizes his faith above life itself can afford to underrate the importance of this indictment. -- M.K. Gandhi
Marvellous writing with conceptual clarity and political understanding - something the world should know about. . . Roy's essay has the sharp political thrust one has come to expect from her * Uma Chakravarti, author of Everyday Lives, Everyday Historie *
Arundhati Roy's 'The Doctor and the Saint' works both at an emotive and an argumentative level. She manages to convey an intimate and deeply felt sensitivity to the history that produced Annihilation of Caste... A robust edition of an under-appreciated classic. * Satish Deshpande, Professor of Sociology, Delhi University *
This edition is truly a remarkable achievement. * Christophe Jaffrelot, author of Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: *
What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India. -- Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste

About Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in 1891 into an Untouchable family of modest means. One of India's most radical thinkers, he transformed the social and political landscape in the struggle against British colonialism. He was a prolific writer who oversaw the drafting of the Indian Constitution and served as India's first Law Minister. In 1935, he publicly declared that though he was born a Hindu, he would not die as one. Ambedkar eventually embraced Buddhism, a few months before his death in 1956.
Arundhati Roy is the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things. Her recent political writings include Listening to Grasshoppers, Broken Republic, and Capitalism: A Ghost Story.
S. Anand is the publisher of Navayana, an independent press in New Delhi. He is the coauthor of Ambedkar: The Fight for Justice, a graphic biography, and has annotated this edition of Annihilation of Caste.

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NGR9781784783525
9781784783525
1784783528
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
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Paperback
Verso Books
2016-02-16
416
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