Against the Madness of Manu - Couverture souple

Sharmila Rege

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 818905953X ISBN 13 : 9788189059538

Editeur : Navayana Publishing

Synopsis

A Brahman ‘mega Convention’ in contemporary Pune reasserts faith in endogamy for ‘National interest’, and imposes new codes on Brahman women. A Brahman Congress leader suggests that a Dalit chief minister be raped and paid Compensation. In his 1916 Paper “castes in India”, The 25-year-old Ambedkar offered the insight that the caste system thrives by its control of women, and that caste is a product of sustained endogamy. Since then, till the time he piloted the Hindu code Bill, seeking to radicalise women’s rights in the 1950s, Ambedkar deployed a range of arguments to make his case against Brahmanism and its twin, patriarchy. While Ambedkar’s original insights have been neglected by sociologists, political theorists and even feminists, they have been kept alive, celebrated and memorialised by Dalit musical troupes and booklets in Maharashtra. Sharmila Rege, in this compelling selection of Ambedkar’s writings on the Theme of brahmanical patriarchy, illuminates for us his unprecedented sociological observations. Rege demonstrates how and why Ambedkar laid the base for what was, properly speaking, a feminist take on caste.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Navayana Publishing
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 818905953X
• ISBN 13: 9788189059538
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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