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020			_a9781608467976
035			_a(OCoLC)1101188943
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050		4	_aHT720 _b.R688 2017
050		4	_aDS422.C3 _bA67 2017
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100	1		_aRoy, Arundhati, _917687
245	1	4	_aThe doctor and the saint : _bcaste, race, and the annihilation of caste : the debate between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi /
260			_aChicago : _bHaymarket Books , _c2017 .
300			_aviii, 167 pages ; _c22 cm
500			_aSubtitle from cover.
500			_a"First published as the introduction to Ambedkar, Annihilation of caste : the annotated critical edition, in 2014 by Navayana Publishing Pvt. Ltd."--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-167) and index.
505	0		_aPreface to the Haymarket Books edition -- The doctor and the saint.
520			_a"To best understand and address the inequality in India today, Arundhati Roy insists we must examine both the political development and influence of M. K. Gandhi and why B. R. Ambedkar's brilliant challenge to his near-divine status was suppressed by India's elite. In Roy's analysis, we see that Ambedkar's fight for justice was systematically sidelined in favor of policies that reinforced caste, resulting in the current nation of India: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. This book situates Ambedkar's arguments in their vital historical context-- namely, as an extended public political debate with Mohandas Gandhi. "For more than half a century--throughout his adult life--[Gandhi's] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting," writes Roy. "His refusal to allow working-class people and untouchables to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives remained consistent too." In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy exposes some uncomfortable, controversial, and even surprising truths about the political thought and career of India's most famous and most revered figure. In doing so she makes the case for why Ambedkar's revolutionary intellectual achievements must be resurrected, not only in India but throughout the world."--
546			_aText in English.
600	1	0	_aAmbedkar, B. R. _q(Bhimrao Ramji), _d1891-1956. _928694
600	1	0	_aGandhi, _cMahatma, _d1869-1948. _918044
650		0	_aCaste-based discrimination. _928695
650		0	_aRacism. _928696
650		0	_aCaste _zIndia. _928697
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