Radical equality : Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the risk of democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kumar, Aishwary (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
Series:	Cultural memory in the present.
Subjects:	Ambedkar, B. R. > (Bhimrao Ramji), > 1891-1956 > Political and social views. Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948 > Political and social views. Anti-imperialist movements > India > History > 20th century. Equality > India > History > 20th century. Democracy > India > History > 20th century. Nonviolence > India > History > 20th century. Nationalism > India > History > 20th century. India > Politics and government > 1919-1947. Ambedkar, B. R. > (Bhimrao Ramji), > 1891-1956. Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948. Anti-imperialist movements. Democracy. Equality. Nationalism. Nonviolence. Political and social views. Politics and government. India. 1900 - 1999 History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : a global measure
Spirits of satyagraha : a history of force
Sacrifices : against the mystical foundation of authority
Apotheosis of the unequal (1931) : Gandhi's harijan
Freedom at the limits of the state : Annihilation of caste (1936) and constituent power
Fascism, mastery, and measure
A sunnyata proper to justice : Ambedkar, friendship, and finitude
Epilogue : equality and its others.