Rethinking untouchability

Rethinking untouchability

Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza

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Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de edición:
2024
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Teoría social
ISBN:
9781526168726
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This book explores the political thought of B.R. Ambedkar, one of the most important thinkers of modern India. Ambedkar’s ideas transformed untouchability, often considered a millenary religious issue, into a political problem by linking it to larger ideas in the twentieth century such as liberty, slavery, race, and the creation of Pakistan.

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