Political Theorist | Indian Political Thought | Democracy and Disadvantage | Recent Book: Ambedkar's Political Philosophy
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In my new book, on Ambedkar's Political Philosophy, I examine the key concepts that Ambedkar used to envision a new framework of public life that would overcome the problems of marginality, degradation, and domination.
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I argue that Ambedkar's framework of public life was based on an idea of the human endowed with the attributes of reasoning, moral capacity, self-respect, and dignity that entitles human beings to consideration as moral equals despite differences.
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I received the Bodhivriksh award at the Spurtidhama Foundation, Bengaluru on 14th April. While I am quite vary of awards, this one was something special, where Ambedkar, the Buddha, and tested social activism of years met.
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Basavakalyan is replete with ‘gavi’ or caves where the Sharanas retreated to reflect and meditate. Their literary output, called Vachanasahitya, has been the mainstay of Kannada literary creativity and the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community has been primarily its offshoot
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Visited Basavakalyan, where Basaveshvara with hundreds of Sharanas, threw up a mode of thinking and being in 12th century known as ‘Kalyana Kranti’.In an assemblage termed Anubhav Mantap, they deliberated on spiritual, political and personal concerns and self-evaluated themselves
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Hello Sushmita,
Do hope to meet you in NLSIU in the near future. I am yet to read your much discussed book. Very proud of you.
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The first chapter from my book Ambedkar's Political Philosophy, titled 'Reading Texts and Traditions', is now available to read as a free chapter:
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A long-awaited invaluable scholarship: "Ambedkar's Political Philosophy: A Grammar of Public Life from the Social Margins" by Valerian Rodrigues, OUP. It was difficult for UC mainstream academics elites to accept Ambedkar; now, Ambedkar is inevitable to academics and politics.
I'm happy to share that my new book, 'Ambedkar's Political Philosophy: A Grammar of Public Life from the Social Margins', is now out with Oxford University Press.
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