B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Vols 1-5
The five volumes of papers exploring the major themes of research surrounding the capacious oeuvre of Dr B.R. Ambedkar provide a summary evaluation of the state of Ambedkar studies internationally, highlight research trends both about and inspired by Ambedkar, and open up lines of future enquiry.

Volume 1 focuses specifically on the theme of political justice, including explorations in political theory inspired by Ambedkarite thought. Volume 2 examines key issues in social justice, especially in terms of Indian democracy, and provides a wide range of perspectives all anchored in Ambedkar's work and writings. Volume 3 covers legal and economic justice. The first part explores literature on the Constitution of India and its institutions, the idea of constitutional morality, rights and the rule of law, and Ambedkarite jurisprudence. The second part turns to a variety of issues in economic justice anchored in Ambedkar's economic philosophy. Volume 4 focuses on gender justice and racial justice. The first part explores Ambedkar's impact on efforts to achieve gender justice in India, and effects various readings of Ambedkar as a feminist. The second part turns to comparisons of race and caste and explores the ways in which the movements for racial justice and caste equality can learn from one another and seek strategies of synergy. Volume 5 treats of religious justice and cultural justice. It covers topics such as conversion, Navayana Buddhism, and liberation theology. The second part explores timely issues in cultural justice inspired by Ambedkar's own activism and struggles.
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B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Vols 1-5
The five volumes of papers exploring the major themes of research surrounding the capacious oeuvre of Dr B.R. Ambedkar provide a summary evaluation of the state of Ambedkar studies internationally, highlight research trends both about and inspired by Ambedkar, and open up lines of future enquiry.

Volume 1 focuses specifically on the theme of political justice, including explorations in political theory inspired by Ambedkarite thought. Volume 2 examines key issues in social justice, especially in terms of Indian democracy, and provides a wide range of perspectives all anchored in Ambedkar's work and writings. Volume 3 covers legal and economic justice. The first part explores literature on the Constitution of India and its institutions, the idea of constitutional morality, rights and the rule of law, and Ambedkarite jurisprudence. The second part turns to a variety of issues in economic justice anchored in Ambedkar's economic philosophy. Volume 4 focuses on gender justice and racial justice. The first part explores Ambedkar's impact on efforts to achieve gender justice in India, and effects various readings of Ambedkar as a feminist. The second part turns to comparisons of race and caste and explores the ways in which the movements for racial justice and caste equality can learn from one another and seek strategies of synergy. Volume 5 treats of religious justice and cultural justice. It covers topics such as conversion, Navayana Buddhism, and liberation theology. The second part explores timely issues in cultural justice inspired by Ambedkar's own activism and struggles.
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B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Vols 1-5

B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Vols 1-5

by Aakash Singh Rathore (Editor)
B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Vols 1-5

B R Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice: Vols 1-5

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The five volumes of papers exploring the major themes of research surrounding the capacious oeuvre of Dr B.R. Ambedkar provide a summary evaluation of the state of Ambedkar studies internationally, highlight research trends both about and inspired by Ambedkar, and open up lines of future enquiry.

Volume 1 focuses specifically on the theme of political justice, including explorations in political theory inspired by Ambedkarite thought. Volume 2 examines key issues in social justice, especially in terms of Indian democracy, and provides a wide range of perspectives all anchored in Ambedkar's work and writings. Volume 3 covers legal and economic justice. The first part explores literature on the Constitution of India and its institutions, the idea of constitutional morality, rights and the rule of law, and Ambedkarite jurisprudence. The second part turns to a variety of issues in economic justice anchored in Ambedkar's economic philosophy. Volume 4 focuses on gender justice and racial justice. The first part explores Ambedkar's impact on efforts to achieve gender justice in India, and effects various readings of Ambedkar as a feminist. The second part turns to comparisons of race and caste and explores the ways in which the movements for racial justice and caste equality can learn from one another and seek strategies of synergy. Volume 5 treats of religious justice and cultural justice. It covers topics such as conversion, Navayana Buddhism, and liberation theology. The second part explores timely issues in cultural justice inspired by Ambedkar's own activism and struggles.

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ISBN-13: 9780190126292
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/03/2020
Pages: 1456
Product dimensions: 9.60(w) x 6.40(h) x 5.60(d)

About the Author

Aakash Singh Rathore is author of Ambedkar's Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India (Penguin, 2020), and regular contributor to The Indian Express and Outlook magazine. Rathore has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Universities of Delhi, Rutgers, Pennsylvania, Toronto, Humboldt Berlin, LUISS-Rome, and Jindal Global University.

His twenty previous books range from political philosophy, law, and religion to literature, sports, and wine. These include Hegel's India: A Reinterpretation, with Texts (Oxford University Press, 2017), and B.R. Ambedkar's The Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition (Oxford University Press, 2010). He is also author of the forthcoming book, B.R. Ambedkar: A Definitive Biography.

Table of Contents

ContentsVol 1 Political JusticePreface S. JaphetForeword Shashi TharoorIntroduction Aakash Singh Rathore
1. Bhikhu Parekh The Intellectual and Political Legacy of B.R. Ambedkar2. Cosimo Zene B.R. Ambedkar and Antonio Gramsci: Justice for the Excluded,Education for Democracy3. Anand Teltumbde Ambedkar and Democracy: Critical Reflections4. Neera Chandhoke: Repairing Complex Historical Injustice5. Pradeep Gokhale: Dr Ambedkar and the Trio of Principles Liberty, Equality, andFraternity6. Vidhu Verma: Discrimination, Colonial Injustice, and the Good Society7. Scott Stroud: Communication, Justice, and Reconstruction: Ambedkar as anIndian Pragmatist8. J. Daniel Elam: Of Castes and Crowds: B.R. Ambedkar's Anticolonial Endosmosis9. Pushparaj Deshpande: A Constellation of Ideas: Revisiting Ambedkar and Gandhi10. Shaunna Rodrigues: Self-Respect as a Primary Political Ideal: Ambedkar's Challengeto Political Theory
Vol 2 Social JusticePreface S. JaphetForeword Valerian RodriguesIntroduction Aakash Singh Rathore
1. Martin Fuchs: Ambedkar's Theory of the Social: The Universal Condition of Recognition2. James Manor: B.R. Ambedkar: Visionary and Realist3. G.C. Pal: Caste and Delivery of Social Justice: Revisiting Ambedkar4. Meena Dhanda: 'Made to think and forced to feel': The Power of Counter-ritual5. David N. Gellner, Krishna P. Adhikari, Arjun Bahadur B.K.: Dalits in Search of Inclusion: Comparing Nepal with India6. Navyug Gill: Ambedkar, Labour, and the Political Economy of Dalit Conversion in Colonial Panjab7. Shailaja Menon: The Fractured Society of the Republic8. Karen Gabriel & Prem Kumar Vijayan: Whose State is it Anyway? Reservation, Representation, Caste, and Power9. Jagannatham Begari: Reclaiming Social Justice and Deepening Democracy10. Suraj Yengde: Ambedkar's Internationalization of Social Justice11. Karthik Raja Karuppusamy: Foregrounding Social Justice in Indian Historiography: Interrogating the Poona Pact12. Ajay Verma: Ambedkar and the Metaphysics of Social Justice
Vol 3 Legal and Economic JusticePreface S. JaphetForeword Sukhadeo ThoratIntroduction Aakash Singh Rathore
Part One: Legal Justice1. Upendra Baxi: Lawless Law, Living Death, and the Insurgent Moral Reason of Babasaheb Ambedkar2. R. Sudarshan: B.R. Ambedkar's Exemplary Adherence to Constitutional Morality3. Arvind Narrain: Radical Constitutionalism: Towards an Ambedkarite jurisprudence4. Antje Linkenbach: B.R. Ambedkar's Imaginations of Justice5. Umakant: The Significance of Rights and Rule of Law under the Indian Constitutional Framework6. Anupama Rao: B. R. Ambedkar and Indian Democracy
Part Two: Economic Justice7. Vijay Gudavarthy" Development through Informalization and Circulation of Labour:The Emerging Anatomy of an Uncivil Society8. Joseph Tharamangalam: India's Paradox of "hunger amidst plenty" has a Name: Caste-based Discrimination and Exclusion9. Aseem Prakash: Dalits Enter the Indian Markets as Owners of Capital: Adverse Inclusion, Social Networks, and Civil Society10. Pritam Singh: Ambedkar's Economic Methodology for Social Justice: The Centrality of Dalits11. Jawed Alam Khan: Economic Justice: Policy and Public Investment for Pasmanda Muslims
Vol 4 Gender and Racial JusticePreface S. JaphetForeword Shailaja PaikIntroduction Aakash Singh Rathore
Part One: Gender Justice1. Sanghmitra S. Acharya: Double Disadvantage of Sanitation Workers and Government Responses2. Mushtaq Ahmad Malla: The Shame of India: Stigma and Shame Among Dalit Women in Rural Agricultural Relations3. Rajesh Raushan: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Ambedkar in Contemporary Context4. Sunaina Arya: Ambedkar as a Feminist Philosopher5. Mala Mukherjee: Ambedkar on Women's Empowerment and the Status of Dalit Women in Karnataka6. N. Sukumar and Komal Rajak Constructing a New Female Subjectivity: Ambedkar's Perspective
Part Two: Racial Justice7. Moses Seenarine: Organic Resistance: The Relevance of Ambedkar, Du Bois and Garvey to Diaspora, Caste, Race and Women's Liberation8. Goolam Vahed and Ashwin Desai: Racelessness and Ambedkar's Idea of Annihilation: Post-Apartheid South Africa9. Kevin Brown and Lalit Khandare: Common Struggles? Why There Has Not Been More Cooperation between African-Americans and Dalits10. Goolam Vahed: Can Ambedkar speak to Africa? Colour, Caste and Class struggles in Contemporary South Africa
Vol 5: Religious and Cultural JusticePreface S. JaphetForeword Kancha Ilaiah ShephardIntroduction Aakash Singh Rathore
Part One: Religious Justice1. Laurence R. Simon: Searching for a Theology of Liberation in India2. Kanchana Mahadevan: Ambedkar's Critical Hermeneutics of Religion3. Debora Spini: Civil Religion, Uncivil Society: A Reflection on Baba Sahib Dr B.R. Ambedkar's Conception of a 'Religion for Civil Society'4. Priyanka Jha: The Gaze on Justice: A Genealogy from Anagarika Dharmapala to B.R. Ambedkar5. Bansidhar Deep: B.R. Ambedkar's Philosophy of Religion6. Matthew H. Baxter: Two Concepts of Conversion at Meenakshipuram: Seeing through Ambedkar's Buddhism and Being Seen in EVR's Islam
Part Two: Cultural Justice7. Pramod K. Nayar: Marginality, Suffering, Justice: Questions of Dalit Dignity in Cultural Texts8. Y. Srinivasa Rao: Asura: Myth into Cultural Reality9. John Clammer: Cultural Rights in the Context of Ambedkarite Social Justice10. Raju Sakthivel: Education in a Hierarchical Culture11. Jadumani Mahanand: Ambedkar in/and Academic Space
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