Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development

Ambedkar, B.R.

ISBN 10: 1982085347 / ISBN 13: 9781982085346

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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• Titel: Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1982085347
• ISBN-13: 9781982085346
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Gewicht: 80 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development was a paper read by B. R. Ambedkar at an anthropological seminar of Alexander Goldenweiser in New York on 9 May 1916. It was later published in volume XLI of Indian Antiquary in May 1917. In the same year, Ambedkar was awarded a Ph.D. degree by Columbia University on this topic. In 1979, the Education Department of the Government of Maharashtra (Bombay) published this article in the collection of Ambedkar's writings and speeches Volume 1; later, it was translated in many languages.In the paper, Ambedkar made a presentation a social phenomenon that emerged from the strategy of the Brahmins who adopted a strictly endogamous matrimonial regime, leading the other groups to do the same in order to emulate this self-proclaimed elite. He said that "the superposition of endogamy on exogamy means the creation of caste".

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known as Baba Saheb, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour. He was Independent India's first law minister, the principal architect of the Constitution of India and a founding father of the Republic of India.