Debrahmanising history : dominance and resistance in Indian society / Braj Ranjan Mani.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2005Description: 456 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 8173046409; 9788173046407Subject(s): Dalits -- History | Dalits -- Historiography | India -- CivilizationDDC classification: 954Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 954 MAN/D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P31126 |
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.
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