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The Socio-political Ideas of BR Ambedkar - Liberal constitutionalism in a creative mould (Paperback)
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The Socio-political Ideas of BR Ambedkar - Liberal constitutionalism in a creative mould (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956), popularly known as
Babasaheb stands out for his relentless battle against caste
discrimination. He was a voice for the marginalized of India's
demography that remained peripheral due to well-entrenched
socio-economic and political prejudices. This book is an analytical
account of how Ambedkar's socio-political ideas evolved as part of
his wider politico-ideological challenge against self-motivated
designs for exploitation of human beings by human beings. The
author contends that it was an ideological discourse that he built
in a context when dominant nationalist viewpoints seem to have
hardly left space for any other discourse to grow. The book argues
that Ambedkar's socio-political ideas were an outcome of his
personal experiences of social atrocities which were justified as
integral to the caste system. The book comprises six substantial
chapters which delve into the socio-political ideas of BR Ambedkar,
concentrating on those sets of ideas through which he established
his claim as an original thinker in opposition to the dominant
nationalist discourse. Unlike the most conventional studies of
Ambedkar's thoughts and ideas, the book provides a new
methodological tool to decipher their conceptual roots. It is
therefore argued that Babasaheb's unique conceptualization of
social justice was not just an outcome of his existential existence
of being a Dalit, but an offshoot of his own understanding of
liberalism as a mode of emancipating human beings from shackles of
authority, power and domination. Examining Ambedkar's ideas, the
book charts and examines the growth and consolidation of
constitutional democracy in India since it was inaugurated with the
acceptance of the 1950 Constitution. It will be of interest to
scholars in the fields of Indian political theory, South Asian
politics and history.
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