| #585533 in Books | Kumar Aishwary | 2015-06-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x1.10 x6.13l,.0 | File type: PDF | 415 pages | Radical Equality Ambedkar Gandhi and the Risk of Democracy||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| A Tour de Force!|By T. Irving|This book got me on the first page. By far one of the most eloquent and deeply considered looks at why democracy (in India, but really anywhere) remains so powerful and yet unjust, spiritual and yet disenchanted. Absolutely recommended for anyone looking to think deeply about political religion in global debates about citizenship. Or even for th||"Aishwary Kumar's intellectual history makes a novel and exciting contribution to the progressively expanding literature concerning Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar...Kumar has demonstrated the moments of symbiosis in Gandhian and Ambedkarite thought, as much as their c
B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of India's constitution, and M.K. Gandhi, the Indian nationalist, two figures whose thought and legacies have most strongly shaped the contours of Indian democracy, are typically considered antagonists who held irreconcilable views on empire, politics, and society. As such, they are rarely studied together. This book reassesses their complex relationship, focusing on their shared commitment to equality and justice, which for them was insepara...
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