Post-Hindu India: a discourse on Dalit-Bahujan, socio-spiritual and scientific revolution
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1. Verfasser: Ilaiah, K., (Kancha) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 2009
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Beschreibung:Introduction -- Unpaid teachers -- Subaltern scientists -- Productive soldiers -- Subaltern feminists -- Social doctors -- Meat and milk economists -- Unknown engineers -- Food producers -- Social smugglers -- Spiritual fascists -- Intellectual goondas -- Symptoms of civil war and end of Hinduism -- Conclusion : The post-Hindu India
Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduisms̀ interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a b̀ackward ̀religion that suppresses the latent scie
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ISBN:8132104331
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