Annihilation of Caste

Ambedkar, B. R.

ISBN 10: 9353040779 / ISBN 13: 9789353040772

Published by Rupa Publications, 2018

Wie neu/Like new. Seller Inventory # M09353040779-N

Synopsis:

A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society.—B.R. Ambedkar One of the most inflammatory writings of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, ‘Annihilation of Caste’ remains a strident indictment of the Indian society and its social stratification where the lowest segment was treated as untouchable. A lecture that was never permitted to be given because of its incendiary nature, ‘Annihilation of Caste’ was self-published and immediately became the eye of a storm. Radically against the Brahmanical caste system and Hinduism, it argued for a society based on equal opportunities for all. This volume posits Ambedkar’s views on caste vis-à-vis Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Harijans’, and presents the debate that the two luminaries engaged in. Read in this context, the book provides an overview of the problem of caste in India.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Annihilation of Caste
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: as new