Annihilation of Caste

B.R. Ambedkar

• Editorial: Verso
• Año: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781781688304
• Categoría: Historia
• Categoría: Historia de la India y el sur de Asia

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.

INDEX

aboriginal races: in South Africa, 1.1

aboriginal tribes: Ambedkar on, 1.1, 3.1

Achhut (journal)

Achhutanand Harihar, Swami, 1.1, 1.2

Adani, Gautam

Ad Dharm movement, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

adhikara

Adi Dravida, n5

Adi Hindu movement

Adivasis, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7n222, 1.8n230, 6.1, 6.2; Ambedkar on, 1.1, 3.1n64; and the Constitution, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3n227; Gandhi on, 1.4; and Hinduisation, 1.1, 1.2; as Maoists, 1.3. See also aboriginal tribes; Scheduled Tribes

Advani, L.K.

African Americans, 1.1, 1.2. See also Blacks; Kaffirs

African Chronicle

Agnibhoj, R.G.

ahimsa, 4.1, 5.1n13, 5.2

Ahmad, Imtiaz, 3.1n114, 3.2n168

Aiyar, P.S.

Akbar: Din-e-Ilahi, n11

Al-Biruni, n51

Alexander, Michelle

All-India Achhutodhar Committee

All-India Anti-Untouchability Manifesto

All-India Depressed Classes Conference, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1n5

All-India Spinners Association

All-India Suppressed Classes Conference (1927), 1.1, 1.2n187

Ambani, Mukesh, 1.1, 1.2

Ambulance Corps (Gandhi), 1.1, 1.2

American Independence, the War of

Amin, Shahid

Amrita Bazar Patrika

Anand, Mulk Raj: Untouchable, 1.1n187

anarchist(s), fm03.1, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1n103

anarya, 3.1, 3.2n66. See also abor...

Índice

• Cover
• Praise for the book
• About the Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Editor’s Note
• The Doctor and the Saint: Arundhati Roy
• Annihilation of Caste
• A Note on the Poona Pact
• Acknowledgements
• Index