The Weapon Of the Other: Dalitbahujan Writings and the Remaking of Indian Nationalist Thought

The Weapon Of the Other: Dalitbahujan Writings and the Remaking of Indian Nationalist Thought
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Publisher : Pearson Education India
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-10 : 9788131742969
ISBN-13 : 8131742962
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Download or read book The Weapon Of the Other: Dalitbahujan Writings and the Remaking of Indian Nationalist Thought written by Kancha Ilaiah and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2012 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Weapon of the Other: Dalitbahujan Writings and the Remaking of Indian Nationalist Thought, contends the projection of Hindu religious texts as sources of Indian nationalist thought since colonial times while the Buddhist scriptures, the Bible and the Quran, whose readers were far more numerous, are relegated to the periphery of discussions about nationalism. He explores Indian nationalism from a different perspective, and discusses the political core of liberatory ideas as well as modern thinker-activists.


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