Debrahmanising history : dominance and resistance in Indian society /
Mani, Braj Ranjan.
Debrahmanising history : dominance and resistance in Indian society / Braj Ranjan Mani. - New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2005. - 456 p. ; 23 cm.
Historical roots of Brahmanic dominance and Shramanic resistance -- Buddhist India : against caste and Brahmanism -- Medieval Mukti movements of the subaltern saint-poets -- Colonialism, and birth of Vedic-Brahmanic Nationalism -- Phule's struggle against Brahmanical Colonialism -- Guru, Iyothee, Periyar, Acchutanand : different strategies, one goal -- Nationalist power politics, excluded masses and the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate -- Epilogue : institutionalised discrimination from the past to the 'Democratic' present.
8173046409 9788173046407
Dalits--History.
Dalits--Historiography.
India--Civilization.
954 / MAN/D
Debrahmanising history : dominance and resistance in Indian society / Braj Ranjan Mani. - New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2005. - 456 p. ; 23 cm.
Historical roots of Brahmanic dominance and Shramanic resistance -- Buddhist India : against caste and Brahmanism -- Medieval Mukti movements of the subaltern saint-poets -- Colonialism, and birth of Vedic-Brahmanic Nationalism -- Phule's struggle against Brahmanical Colonialism -- Guru, Iyothee, Periyar, Acchutanand : different strategies, one goal -- Nationalist power politics, excluded masses and the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate -- Epilogue : institutionalised discrimination from the past to the 'Democratic' present.
8173046409 9788173046407
Dalits--History.
Dalits--Historiography.
India--Civilization.
954 / MAN/D