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Debrahmanising history : Dominance and resistance in Indian society

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Publication details: New Delhi Manohar Publications 2011Description: 456pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.56 MAN
Contents:
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.
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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.