B.R. Ambedkar and Social Transformation: Revisiting the Philosophy and Reclaiming Social Justice

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Abbreviations
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
	B.R. Ambedkar: his contemporary relevance
	B.R. Ambedkar's understanding of democracy
	Understanding nation and nationality: from the perspective of B.R. Ambedkar
	B.R. Ambedkar, Constitution and Constitutional morality
	Ambedkar and the liberation of women
	Social, economic and political discrimination in contemporary period
	Higher learning educational institutions and the institutional discrimination in modern in India: critical interrogation
	The current scenario and the revisiting Ambedkar
	B.R. Ambedkar and debating philosophical interventions responses
	References
2. Ambedkar as a political philosopher
	Central concepts
	Mode of argumentation
	Conclusion
	References
3. Ambedkar's autobiography and the emergence of a discourse of dignity
	Autobiographical experience
	Back to the village
	Dignity in the Preamble
	The Constituent Assembly Debates
	B.N. Rau intervenes
	One word, two opposite meanings
	Dignity as distinction
	Doubling dignity
	The dignity of philosophers
	Testing philosophy through temple entry
	From philosophy into law
	Castes of mind
	Autobiographical experience, again
	Not bread but honour
	Note
	References
4. Ambedkar's democracy and state socialism
	Ambedkar's morality
		Ambedkar's democracy
	Ambedkar's state socialism
	References
5. Vagabond Dalit: social obligation and quest for freedom
	Individual freedom or social equality: a conceptual entry
		Prioritizing social equality
	The JNU case
	The Brahmanical gazes
	The emergence of the political Dalit
	The vagabond Dalit-self
	Freedom versus responsibility
	Understanding the vagabond Dalit self
	Conclusion
	References
6. Ambedkar's debate on equality and liberty: fraternity as political normative
	Introduction
	Liberty and equality in Rousseau and Marx
	Ambedkar's perspective on liberty and equality in Indian political discourse
	Politics of equality and liberty for a democracy
	Ambedkar's idea of fraternity
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
7. The rights of women and emancipation B.R. Ambedkar's perspective
	Introduction
	Hindu social order - impediment to social justice
	Women and social reform movements
	The significance of the Hindu Code Bill
	Education - an instrument of social change
	Constitutional provisions towards gender equality
	Conclusion
	Note
	References
8. Women's question in Ambedkar's social philosophy
	Ambedkarian hypothesis of caste and gender
	Profiling women's right: Constitution to Hindu Code Bill
	Conversion: a radical attempt
	Conclusion: organic feminism of Ambedkar
	Notes
	References
9. Ambedkar on reorganization of states: a case study of Telangana
	Introduction
	Ambedkar on states reorganization
	Movement for separate state of Telangana: relevance of Ambedkar
	II
		States reorganization - Telangana issue
	Gentlemen's Agreement
	Experiments with the Regional Committee
	III
		Rise of TDP - economic reforms
	Conclusion
	References
10. Dissent in Indian literature: a reading of Dalit literature in the context of Ambedkarite thought
	References
11. Understanding visuality: contestations as representation
	Acknowledgement
	References
12. The perspective of B.R. Ambedkar on agrarian growth and development: a study of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
	Ambedkar's views on agricultural development and land reforms
	Ambedkar views on industrialisation as a remedy for agricultural problems
	II
		Land distribution pattern in AP
	Dalits and agriculture
	Land distribution pattern among Dalits
	Implementation of land reforms and surplus land distribution in AP
	Occupational distribution among different social groups
	Income poverty among different social groups
	III
		Summary and conclusion
	References
13. Social environmentalism: a study on ecological ideas and practice of B.R. Ambedkar
	Introduction
	Green Ambedkar - environmental history from below
	Natural resources and social structure: Ambedkar's perspectives
	Ambedkar as an activist on common pool resources for all
	Egalitarian environmentalism and Ambedkar
	Conclusion
	References
Conclusion: In the search of Ambedkar's ideal society: trends, Challenges and recommendations
Index