The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar - Softcover

Valerian Rodrigues

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195670558 ISBN 13: 9780195670554

Publisher: OUP India, 2004

Synopsis

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) is both the towering symbol of protest against age-old and contemporary forms of exploitation in India and a scholar-sage proposing fair terms of social association. An untouchable himself, he led a resolute and adroit struggle against untouchability and attempted to reformulate the terms of nationalist discourse in India. This selection draws from his major works, speeches, letters and memoranda. These writings span across forty years (1915-1956) and are organised into eleven sections: reminiscences, concepts, methodology, ideology, religion, caste, untouchability, identity, economics, nationalism, constitutionalism and law. The introduction by the editor Valerian Rodrigues provides a glimpse of his momentous life,the framework and content of his writings, and the reasons for his growing stature in India over the years. Every section and excerpts included within it are introduced and endnotes support citations and incomplete references in the excerpts. Suggestions for further readings are offered through a classification of all his writings and speeches and writings on him and his work. The chronology of events anchors the context of the writings. The work is the first of its kind on Ambedkar and is a representative collection of the whole range of issues that engaged his attention. as the most comprehensive compilation on him and his works, this volume is going to be an indispensable reference for concerned students, scholars and activists.

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Review

... an overview of the life and work of a man who has become an icon in modern Indian politics. Political Studies Review

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP India
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0195670558
• ISBN 13: 9780195670554
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 584
• Editor: Valerian Rodrigues