The Socio-political Ideas of BR Ambedkar: Liberal constitutionalism in a creative mould

ISBN-13: 9780815353027 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 272 str.

Bidyut Chakrabarty

Opis

This book is an analytical account of how Ambedkar’s socio-political ideas evolved as part of his wider politico-ideological challenge against self-motivated designs for exploitation of human beings by human beings.

Spis treści

Introduction Part A: the moment of departure 1. Reconceptualizing of conventional ideas and values 2. Designing a nation amidst politico-ideological impasse Part B: the moment of manoeuvre 3. Shaping of Indian democracy in a liberal mould 4. Constitutionalizing India in the Enlightenment tradition Part C: the moment of arrival 5. A "progressive radical" in the Gandhian universe 6. Gender justice in inclusive governance mode Conclusion Bibliography

O autorze

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Vice Chancellor of Viswabharati, a Central University and an Institution of National Importance, India and he currently holds the DAAD Visiting Professorship at Hamburg University, Germany. He is the author of numerous books on Indian politics and Gandhi. His most recent monograph is Localizing Governance in India, also published by Routledge (2017).