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Mani Braj Ranjan

Debrahmanising history : Dominance and resistance in Indian society - New Delhi Manohar Publications 2011 - 456p

Contents:
1. Historical roots of Brahmanic dominance and Shramanic resistance;
2. Buddhist India : against caste and Brahmanism;
3. Medieval Mukti movements of the subaltern saint-poets;
4. Colonialism, and birth of Vedic-Brahmanic Nationalism;
5. Phule's struggle against Brahmanical Colonialism;
6. Guru, Iyothee, Periyar, Acchutanand : different strategies, one goal;
7. Nationalist power politics, excluded masses and the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate;
8. Epilogue : institutionalised discrimination from the past to the 'Democratic' present.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Dalits - History2. Dalits - Historiography3. Civilization

Dewey Class. No.: 305.56 MAN