Annihilation of caste Ambedkar, B. R.
Publication details: 2013 Navayana Publishing New DelhiDescription: 415 pISBN:- 9788189059637
- 305.51220954 A6A6
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305.5122 W4C2 Caste : | 305.5122 Y3C2 Caste matters | 305.5122095 R6D6 The doctor and the saint: the Ambedkar - Gandhi debate caste, race and annihilation of caste | 305.51220954 A6A6 Annihilation of caste | 305.51220954 B6C2 Caste, discrimination, and exclusion in modern India | 305.51220954 C4U7 Up against caste: comparative study of Ambedkar and Periyar | 305.51220954 C6 Contested hierarchies, persisting influence: caste and power in twenty-first century India |
This edition, with Ambedkar’s words in Nietzschean aphoristic format, is extremely useful. It helps us discover new dimensions of Ambedkar’s subversive power. The annotations—many times orthogonal and tangential—enhance the value of this book. Those who have read Annihilation of Caste many times before will still read this work for the sake of the annotations and reference-based clarifications of Ambedkar’s thoughts. This edition will foster a more critical engagement among readers’ Ayyathurai Gajendran, anthropologist
‘For the 1930s, Annihilation of Caste was a case of marvelous writing with conceptual clarity and political understanding—something the world should know about. The annotations illumine the whole book. Roy’s essay has the sharp political thrust one has come to expect from her’ Uma Chakravarti, author of Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories: Beyond the Kings and Brahmanas of ‘Ancient’ India and Pandita Ramabai: A Life and a Time
‘Arundhati Roy’s The Doctor and the Saint works both at an emotive and an argumentative level. She manages to convey an intimate and deeply felt sensitivity to the history that produced Annihilation of Caste. Her essay is both well-documented and closely argued. The annotations do an excellent job of providing supplementary information, corroboration and relevant citations… A robust edition of an under-appreciated classic’ Satish Deshpande, Professor of Sociology, Delhi University
‘S. Anand’s annotations are very thorough and on the whole based on first rate and current scholarship on South Asia and elsewhere. Their tone and style will appeal to a scholarly as well as lay audience … an important accomplishment. Arundhati Roy’s essay is punchy, eye-opening and provocative… There is very little left of the saintly stature of the Mahatma once Roy is done with him, while Ambedkar, quite rightly, is left standing as the man in full control of his senses and his very considerable intellect’ Thomas Blom Hansen, Director, Stanford’s Center for South Asia
‘This annotated edition of Annihilation of Caste was long overdue. It makes available to all a major text of Dr Ambedkar’s, where his intellectual engagement with caste is best articulated … the copious footnotes give the reader a sense of direction and all the additional information needed for making sense of the text—including the translation of the Sanskrit shlokas Ambedkar used to document his analysis. This edition is truly a remarkable achievement’ Christophe Jaffrelot, author of Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste
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