Debrahmanising history : dominance and resistance in Indian society
by Braj Ranjan Mani.
- New Delhi : Manohor Pub., 2018.
- 446 p.
Table of Contents : Introduction Chapter 1. Historical roots of Brahmanic dominance and Shramanic resistance Chapter 2. Buddhist India : against caste and Brahmanism Chapter 3. Medieval Mukti movements of the subaltern saint-poets Chapter 4. Colonialism, and birth of Vedic-Brahmanic Nationalism Chapter 5. Phule's struggle against Brahmanical Colonialism Chapter 6. Guru, Iyothee, Periyar, Acchutanand : different strategies, one goal Chapter 7. Nationalist power politics, excluded masses and the Gandhi-Ambedkar debate Chapter 8. Epilogue : institutionalised discrimination from the past to the 'Democratic' present