Dr. Ambedkar and Democracy : An Anthology
This anthology brings together Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's works on the theme of Democracy. The editors of this volume have assembled Ambedkar's original writings including his memorandums, speeches, lectures, and talks from 1919-1956 to understand his contribution to Indian political thought and history. An introductory chapter binds the anthology together by helping put in context Ambedkar's arguments and perceptions within contemporary debates on Democracy. It captures Ambedkar's political trajectory and addresses how his idea of Democracy is deeply embedded in both the colonial and the post-colonial context. The editors argue that Democracy is not merely a procedural and substantive idea, but relational as well and in Ambedkar it is deeply caught with ideas of state, power, nationalism, constitutionalism, equality, and liberty, thus emphasizing its societal and as well as political dimensions. The anthology therefore helps readers think through contemporary political debates in the country within the context of a critical overview of Ambedkar's thoughts on Democracy.
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Dr. Ambedkar and Democracy : An Anthology
This anthology brings together Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's works on the theme of Democracy. The editors of this volume have assembled Ambedkar's original writings including his memorandums, speeches, lectures, and talks from 1919-1956 to understand his contribution to Indian political thought and history. An introductory chapter binds the anthology together by helping put in context Ambedkar's arguments and perceptions within contemporary debates on Democracy. It captures Ambedkar's political trajectory and addresses how his idea of Democracy is deeply embedded in both the colonial and the post-colonial context. The editors argue that Democracy is not merely a procedural and substantive idea, but relational as well and in Ambedkar it is deeply caught with ideas of state, power, nationalism, constitutionalism, equality, and liberty, thus emphasizing its societal and as well as political dimensions. The anthology therefore helps readers think through contemporary political debates in the country within the context of a critical overview of Ambedkar's thoughts on Democracy.
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This anthology brings together Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's works on the theme of Democracy. The editors of this volume have assembled Ambedkar's original writings including his memorandums, speeches, lectures, and talks from 1919-1956 to understand his contribution to Indian political thought and history. An introductory chapter binds the anthology together by helping put in context Ambedkar's arguments and perceptions within contemporary debates on Democracy. It captures Ambedkar's political trajectory and addresses how his idea of Democracy is deeply embedded in both the colonial and the post-colonial context. The editors argue that Democracy is not merely a procedural and substantive idea, but relational as well and in Ambedkar it is deeply caught with ideas of state, power, nationalism, constitutionalism, equality, and liberty, thus emphasizing its societal and as well as political dimensions. The anthology therefore helps readers think through contemporary political debates in the country within the context of a critical overview of Ambedkar's thoughts on Democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199483167
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/22/2018
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow, CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS,Narender Kumar, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Christophe Jaffrelot is Senior research fellow at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS (Paris) and Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King's India Institute (London). He works at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as a Non Resident Scholar.

Narender Kumar is Professor at Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has experience of teaching and research in various Central Universities including University of Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. He has to his credit various books and papers in national and international journals. His academic interests are in Public Policy and Political Institutions with special reference to inequalities and marginalization.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Christophe JaffrelotA
1. Evidence Before the Southborough CommitteeA
2. Dr. Ambedkar With the Simon Commission
3. On Village Panchayats Bill
4. Democracy Must Give Respectful Hearing to All Who are Worth Listening To
5. If Democracy Dies it Will be Our Doom
6. Objections to Cripps Proposals
7. Indians Destiny is Bound Up With the Victory of Democracy
8. Separate Settlements
9. Labour and Parliamentary Democracy
10. Newspaper in a Modern Democratic System is Fundamental Basis of Good Government
11. Communal Deadlock and a Way to Solve It
12. Resolution Regarding Aims and Objects
13. States and Minorities
14. Draft Constitution-Discussion
15. Buddhism Paved Way for Democracy and Socialistic Pattern of Society
16. Failure of Parliamentary Democracy will Result in Rebellion, Anarchy, and Communism
17. If Our True Representatives are Not Elected, Independence Will be a Farce
18. Conditions Precedent for the Successful Working of Democracy
19. My Philosophy of Life
20. Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 1954
21. Why I Like Buddhism
22. Prospects of Democracy in India
23. Brahma is Not Dharma. What Good is Brahma?
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