Rethinking Caste and Resistance in India

Murzban Jal

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English

Routledge
09 October 2024

Social classes; Ethnic studies; Sociology

This book is a collection of essays by prominent thinkers on the historist and humanist transcendence of the caste system such that an authentic democracy can bloom in India. It locates caste as not only a social problem, but a moral evil and schizophrenia affecting India civilization.

Besides reflecting on Jotiba Phule, Karl Marx, and B.R. Ambedkar, this book also traverses through Nietzschean genealogy, communalism in colonial India, the need for radical education to fulfil the democratic revolution, the literature of Triveni Sangh, questions of social exclusion and inequality, the story of Eklavya in the Mahabharata and the asking of pertinent questions to the Indian left.

This book is co-published with Aakar Books. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Edited by: Murzban Jal
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781032524726
ISBN 10: 1032524723
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 09 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Caste and the Need of Philosophical Humanism Murzban Jal 1. Contesting Brahmanical Hegemony of Knowledge: Jotiba Phule’s Path for Alternative Education Umesh Bagade 2. Developing a Nietzschean Genealogical Critique of the Metaphysical and Moral Underpinnings of the Hindu Caste System Rajesh Sampath 3. The Communal Question in Colonial India: A Study of Ambedkar’s Approach S.K. Chahal 4. Ambedkar, the Unfulfi lled Democratic Revolution and the Politics of Education Dilip Chavan 5. Triveni Sangh in Literature and the Literature of Triveni Sangh Pramod Ranjan 6. Caste, Social Exclusion and Inequality in Independent India Rajendra P. Mamgain 7. Thinking Identity Through the Mahābhārata: Story of Ekalavya Daniel Raveh 8. Asking Questions to the Indian Left Murzban Jal 9. Thoughts for the Indian Left Murzban Jal Contributors

Murzban Jal is Director and Professor at the Centre for Educational Studies, Indian Institute of Education, Pune, India.