Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India

by V. Geetha

Book Overview

This book offers a reading of Bhimrao Ambedkar's engagement with the idea and practice of socialism in India by linking it to his lifelong political and philosophical concerns: the annihilation of the caste system, untouchability and the moral and philosophical systems that justify either. Rather than view his ideas through a socialist lens, the author suggests that it is important to measure the validity of socialist thought and practice in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030803775
• ISBN13: 9783030803773
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"