African-American Perspectives on Common Struggles: Benefits for African Americans Comparing their Struggle with Dalit Liberation Efforts

African-American Perspectives on Common Struggles: Benefits for African Americans Comparing their Struggle with Dalit Liberation Efforts

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Professor Brown's contribution to this volume is the chapter titled, "African-American Perspectives on Common Struggles: Benefits for African-Americans Comparing their Struggle with Dalit Liberation Efforts."

ISBN

9780670091157

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

Allen Lane

City

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Keywords

Dalit movement, Dalit Liberation, India, African-Americans

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Comparative and Foreign Law | Human Rights Law | International Law | Law

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VOLUME INFORMATION:

Yengde, Suraj and Anand Teltumbde. Radical in Ambedkar: Critical Reflections. Gurgaon, Haryana, India: Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Random House), 2018.

This landmark volume, edited and introduced by Anand Teltumbde and Suraj Yengde, establishes B.R. Ambedkar as the most powerful advocate of equality and fraternity in modern India. While the vibrant Dalit movement recognizes Ambedkar as an agent for social change, the intellectual class has celebrated him as the key architect of the Indian Constitution and the political establishment has sought to limit his concerns to the question of reservations. This remarkable volume seeks to unpack the radical in Ambedkar’s legacy by examining his life work from hitherto unexplored perspectives. Although revered by millions today primarily as a Dalit icon, Ambedkar was a serious scholar of India’s history, society and foreign policy. He was also among the first dedicated human rights Lawyers, as well as a journalist and a statesman. Critically evaluating his thought and work, the essays in this book-by Jean Drèze, Partha Chatterjee, Sukhadeo Thorat, Manu Bhagavan, Anupama Rao and other internationally renowned names-discuss Ambedkar’s theory on minority rights, the consequences of the mass conversion of Dalits to Buddhism, Dalit oppression in the context of racism and anti-Semitism, and the value of his thought for Marxism and feminism, among other global concerns. An extraordinary collection of immense breadth and scholarship that challenges the popular understanding of Ambedkar, The Radical in Ambedkar is essential reading for all those who wish to imagine a new future.

Complete bibliographic details available HERE.

Copies availalbe in the Jerome Hall Law Library, DS 481.A6 R33 2018

African-American Perspectives on Common Struggles: Benefits for African Americans Comparing their Struggle with Dalit Liberation Efforts

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