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Radical equality : Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the risk of democracy / Aishwary Kumar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kumar, Aishwary, author.
- Series:
- Cultural memory in the present.
- Cultural Memory in the Present
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956--Political and social views.
- Ambedkar, B. R.
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Political and social views.
- Gandhi.
- Anti-imperialist movements--India--History--20th century.
- Anti-imperialist movements.
- Equality--India--History--20th century.
- Equality.
- Democracy--India--History--20th century.
- Democracy.
- Nonviolence--India--History--20th century.
- Nonviolence.
- Nationalism--India--History--20th century.
- Nationalism.
- India--Politics and government--1919-1947.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on two foundational thinkers of the twentieth century, M.K. Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar, this book examines how they radically adapted the secular, humanistic concept of equality to the struggle against empire in the Indian context.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Of Faith in Equality: Toward a Global Measure""; ""Part I: Beginnings: Elements of a Critique of Force""; ""Chapter 2: Spirits of Satyagraha: A History of Force""; ""Chapter 3: Laws of Force: Ambedkar and the Mystical Foundation of Authority""; ""Part II: Interwar: Sovereignties in Question""; ""Chapter 4: Apotheosis of the Unequal: Gandhi's Harijan""; ""Chapter 5: The Freedom of Others: Annihilation of Caste and Republican Virtue""; ""Part III: Reconstitutions: Of Belief and Justice""; ""Chapter 6: Gandhi, the Reader""
- ""Chapter 7: Responding Justly: Ambedkar, Sunnyata, and Finitude""""Epilogue: Citizenship and Insurrection""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780804794268
- 080479426X
- OCLC:
- 1198929814
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