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![]() Rather than view his ideas through a socialist lens, the author suggests that it is important to measure the validity of socialist thought and practice in the Indian context, through his critique of the social totality. ![]() In the context of several interlocutors and historical moments, with sparklingly clear prose, she shows how socialism was a 'spectral presence' in his thought as he worked to create forms of epistemic, ontological and socio-political rupture with the order of caste and untouchability." -Smriti Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, USA This book offers a reading of Bhimrao Ambedkar's engagement with the idea and practice of socialism in India by linking it to his lifelong political and philosophical concerns: the annihilation of the caste system, untouchability and the moral and philosophical systems that justify either. Geetha pursues a recursive method as she maps the coordinates of Ambedkar's vision of time and the ethical across his theorization of caste, colonial rule, labor, social reproduction and religion. ![]() Book excerpt: "This is intellectual history at its best from one of India's foremost feminist historians. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. ![]() ![]() Geethaĭownload or read book Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India written by V. Book Synopsis Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India by : V. ![]()
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