Annihilation of caste : the annotated critical edition / B. R. Ambedkar ; edited and annotated by S....
Annihilation of caste : the annotated critical edition / B. R. Ambedkar ; edited and annotated by S....
Annihilation of caste : the annotated critical edition / B. R. Ambedkar ; edited and annotated by S. Anand ; introduced with the essay The doctor and the saint by Arundhati Roy.
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Crawley, Western Australia UWA Publishing, 2015.
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H 2016/2901
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Language
English
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Physical content
415 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Annihilation of caste /
B. R. Ambedkar --
The doctor and the saint /
Arundhati Roy.
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Publisher
Crawley, Western Australia UWA Publishing, 2015.
Place of Publication
Western Australia
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. Ambedkar-a figure like W.E.B. Du Bois-offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniqui...
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Full title
Annihilation of caste : the annotated critical edition / B. R. Ambedkar ; edited and annotated by S. Anand ; introduced with the essay The doctor and the saint by Arundhati Roy.
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First published in 2014 by Navayana Publishing Pvt Ltd.
"Annihilation of caste was first published in May 1936"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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H 2016/2901
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74VKVd3WjvGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVd3WjvGO
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ISBN
9781742588018
DDC
305.51220954
MMS ID
991024000298702626
