Dalits in modern India : vision and values / edited by S.M. Michael.

Originally published: Untouchable. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Untouchability and stratification in Indian civilisation / Shrirama -- Who is a Dalit? / John C.B. Webster -- Colonialism within colonialism : Phule's critique of Brahmin power / Mahesh Gavaskar -- Dalit vision of a just society in India / S.M. Michael -- Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the concept of religion / Timothy Fitzgerald -- The Dalit movement in mainstream sociology / Gopal Guru -- Liberation movements in comparative perspective : Dalit Indians and black Americans / K.P. Singh -- Sociology of India and Hinduism : towards a Method / S. Selvam -- Hinduisation of Adivasis : a case study from South Gujarat / Arjun Patel -- Ambedkar's daughters : a study of Mahar women in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra / Traude Pillai-Vetschera -- The BSP in Uttar Pradesh : whose party is it? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Ambedkar's interpretation of caste system, its economic consequences and suggested remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat -- Dalits and economic policy : contributions of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar / Gail Omvedt -- Reservation policy and the empowerment of Dalits / P.G. Jogdand -- Scheduled castes, employment, and social mobility / Richard Pais.

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This second, revised and enlarged edition looks back at the aspirations and struggle. of the marginalised Dalit masses and looks forward to a new humanity based on. equality, social justice and human dignity. Within the context of Dalit emancipation, . it explores the social, economic and cultural content of Dalit transformation. in modern India. These articles, by some of the foremost researchers in the field, . are presented in four parts:. Part I deals with the historical material on the origin and development of. untouchability in Indian civilisation. Part II contests mainstream explanations.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Untouchability and Stratification in Indian Civilisation; Who is a Dalit?; lism within Colonialism: Phule's Critique of Brahmin Power; Dalit Vision of a Just Society in India; Ambedkar, Buddhism and the Concept of Religion; The Dalit Movement in Mainstream Sociology; Liberation Movements in Comparative Perspective: Dalit Indians and Black Americans; Sociology of India and Hinduism: Towards a Method; Hinduisation of Adivasis: A Case Study from South Gujarat; Ambedkar's Daughters: A Study of Mahar Women in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra

The BSP in Uttar Pradesh: Whose Party is It?Ambedkar's Interpretation of the Caste System, its Economic Consequences and Suggested Remedies; Dalits and Economic Policy: Contributions of Dr B.R. Ambedkar; Reservation Policy and the Empowerment of Dalits; Scheduled Castes, Employment and Social Mobility; About the Editor and Contributors; Index

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