Rise Of Dalit Millionaire Analysis
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
GOPAL GURU:
Gopal Guru is a professor of social and political theory in the Center of Political Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of numerous articles on Dalits, women, politics and philosophy. He was also a visiting Scholar at the Center for the Advanced Study of India. He is a well known writer for his works on several social issues. His articles in the Economic and Poltical Weekly range themselves from various relevant and critical issues. Few of them are “The two conceptions of morality” “Rise of dalit millionaire” “The idea of India: Derivative Desi and Beyond” etc.
SUNDAR SARUKKAI:
Sundar Sarukkai is presently a professor of philosophy, National Institute of Advanced studies, Banglore. He had …show more content…
Although, there is a sense of responding each other throughout the book, there is also an added dimension of anticipation and response to potential questions that could be raised by the readers of this book. The authors have not presumed or tried to address all the issues. They have only given a framework of responses which are yet to be articulated. They have definitely tried to react to constant challenges o discovering ways of responding to Indian experiences.
However, this explosive and radical book , which is infact, dialogue between a philosopher and a social theorist based in India on the nature of experience, theory, ethics, and politics. In addition to its many other virtues, it is also a remarkable reflection on the logic of untouchability and thus of caste in Indian thought and experience, one which should force all social scientists concerned with inequality and humiliation in Indian society to rethink their most cherished
GOPAL GURU:
Gopal Guru is a professor of social and political theory in the Center of Political Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of numerous articles on Dalits, women, politics and philosophy. He was also a visiting Scholar at the Center for the Advanced Study of India. He is a well known writer for his works on several social issues. His articles in the Economic and Poltical Weekly range themselves from various relevant and critical issues. Few of them are “The two conceptions of morality” “Rise of dalit millionaire” “The idea of India: Derivative Desi and Beyond” etc.
SUNDAR SARUKKAI:
Sundar Sarukkai is presently a professor of philosophy, National Institute of Advanced studies, Banglore. He had …show more content…
Although, there is a sense of responding each other throughout the book, there is also an added dimension of anticipation and response to potential questions that could be raised by the readers of this book. The authors have not presumed or tried to address all the issues. They have only given a framework of responses which are yet to be articulated. They have definitely tried to react to constant challenges o discovering ways of responding to Indian experiences.
However, this explosive and radical book , which is infact, dialogue between a philosopher and a social theorist based in India on the nature of experience, theory, ethics, and politics. In addition to its many other virtues, it is also a remarkable reflection on the logic of untouchability and thus of caste in Indian thought and experience, one which should force all social scientists concerned with inequality and humiliation in Indian society to rethink their most cherished