Ambedkar’s Dhamma: A Counter-theology of Law for Indian Political Thought
This paper will argue that B.R. Ambedkar attacked the social law of Hindu dharma for legalizing and legitimizing Brahminical sovereignty in the form of a birth-based caste order centred around the ambivalent sacrality of untouchability. Although Ambedkar inaugurated postcolonial India’s transformati...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2022
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Political theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 59-74 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji 1891-1956
/ Hinduism
/ Buddhism
/ Caste
/ Sovereignty
/ Law
/ Theology
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism BL Buddhism FD Contextual theology KBM Asia TK Recent history XA Law |
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Sovereignty
B untouchability B Law B Buddhism B Fraternity B Caste B Ambedkar B Constitution |
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